Where is your holiday (company) party going to be?

[z1ggy]

Well, lucky to all you people.

My company doesn't pay for any holiday parties. Not sure what you want me to do about it, lol.

 

[DaTT]

Well, lucky to all you people.

My company doesn't pay for any holiday parties. Not sure what you want me to do about it, lol.

I think you're lying

 

[thestrangebrew1]

We have a fund we contribute monthly for to offset the cost of a catered holiday meal. I believe this year it will be at Castle Air Force Base, which was decom'd circa 1995(?). Hopefully I can sneak out of there and go check out the Air Museum. I haven't been there in years.

In case anyone's interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Air_Force_Base

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Air_Museum

I go out to the base once in awhile to check things out. My department is in charge of maintaining and trying to draw civilian businesses out there. Currently we have Google testing their driverless cars and Project Loon is working out there.

 

[DrPizza]

never had one, the medical industry is too broke to throw parties. at least thats what they tell us while the admins are off at some fancy 5 star hotel.

And their spouses. The shrimp were like 5" long last year, which made it very difficult, because you didn't want to double-dip into the cocktail sauce. /firstworldproblems

 

[smackababy]

When you work for a large publicly held company, there are no free hand outs.

All and any extra money goes to shareholders. There isn't room in the budget for "holiday party".

wat?

Sounds like you work for a terrible company. Not only do we get a paid for holiday party, they have a quarterly meeting with breakfast at some nice place.

 

[JulesMaximus]

My wife and I are planning a Christmas party at our house for approximately 30 of our closest friends.

Work put on a lunch buffet every year and they raffle off prizes but it is for employees only.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Did people get drunk and trash the place?
Or was it just really lame?

Here is my post about that party:

No. In years past the party cost $20 per head, but this year we have a new party committee and they have screwed it up in every decision.

First they decided to hold it on a work night, from 6-10pm. Our last shift (with about 1/3 of our employees) does not end until 9:30pm.

Next decided to have it at a local hotel with a catered sit down dinner at 7, before second shift (with another 1/3 of our employees) ends at 7:30. They can not give you a discount if you won't be able to make dinner.

Finally, because we have a very small budget for the holiday party, they decided to charge $180 per person for this party.

They have been pushing tickets for this since Thanksgiving, and the party is tonight. Out of the 1300 employees we have they have so far sold 20 tickets.

The entire thing was a disaster, they went massively over budget, and almost no one showed, most of the committee that put it on did not even show (and they were given paid leave to go!).

 

[DaTT]

My wife and I are planning a Christmas party at our house for approximately 30 of our closest friends.

I think I would like to attend this party.

 

[DaTT]

Here is my post about that party:


The entire thing was a disaster, they went massively over budget, and almost no one showed, most of the committee that put it on did not even show (and they were given paid leave to go!).

Wow.

 

[Mai72]

In my bedroom.


Does any1 wanna hang out?

 

[Anubis]

wat?

Sounds like you work for a terrible company. Not only do we get a paid for holiday party, they have a quarterly meeting with breakfast at some nice place.

Once a month our dept head buys us coffee and breakfast

Mose big meetings provide food

 

[Ns1]

LOL @ $180 for a holiday party. Fucking LOL.


I still can't even imagine how they thought this would be a good idea.

 

[KeithTalent]

Man, if people had to pay to attend our Xmas party, I can't imagine a single person would show up. Crazy.

KT

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Here is my post about that party:


The entire thing was a disaster, they went massively over budget, and almost no one showed, most of the committee that put it on did not even show (and they were given paid leave to go!).

Did the people there have fun at least? Are you in Gov't, because this sounds like a typical gov't employee fuckup. I know, because I work in it.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

is it boring or just inconvenient?

I hate corporate holiday parties to be honest. I don't work for a corporation now so I don't have to worry about them but when I did, I avoided them like the plague if they were offsite and after hours. One employer of mine had big formal holiday parties where they'd rent out a ballroom and you were expected to wear suit/tie/tux, bring an SO, and come to the party. The one good thing was that they would get a block of rooms at a discounted rate if you wanted to stay at the hotel. Regardless, that's just not me and I didn't go.

My last employer actually had them during the day on a weekday, so my buddies and I would grab beer, food, etc. and go back to our office and have fun. It used to be GREAT (sushi bars, unlimited drinks, etc) but they really started cutting back over the years until it frankly sucked.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Damn, you are Grumpy Cat.

Meh, I just don't care for them. If it comes to spending time with family/friends or at a corporate holiday event on a Saturday night, I'll pick family/friends every time.

 

[Ns1]

reading all ATOT's horror stories, free BJ's Pizza during work hours doesn't seem so bad anymore.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Here is my post about that party:


The entire thing was a disaster, they went massively over budget, and almost no one showed, most of the committee that put it on did not even show (and they were given paid leave to go!).

WOW! People that stupid (referring to the people planning it) should be fired on principle alone for that fiasco.

 

[Uppsala9496]

I planned my companies at a local micro brewery. We will only be there for about 3 hours, but there will be drinks and food. And I planned it for a Friday so those that want to get an early start for the weekend can.

Starting mine at 11:30, done by 2:30. Only 20 of us so won't be too painful.

 

[smackababy]

WOW! People that stupid (referring to the people planning it) should be fired on principle alone for that fiasco.

Yep. Hope these idiots aren't in charge of anything important.

 

[woodman1999]

Some dump hole named Salvation Taco. The parties here used to be epic, but have gone straight down the tubes as the powers that be would rather reduce the budget and keep more for themselves, even when we are having a ridiculous year.

 

[alkemyst]

Yeah, you mad. So mad. Is it maybe because your intelligence level is tipping on the lower end of average?

So mad.

Guess you missed the memo:

Lower end of average genius level I guess.

 

[alkemyst]

reading all ATOT's horror stories, free BJ's during work hours doesn't seem so bad anymore.

FTFY

 

[alkemyst]

Meh, I just don't care for them. If it comes to spending time with family/friends or at a corporate holiday event on a Saturday night, I'll pick family/friends every time.

I never had a holiday party on a weekend.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I never had a holiday party on a weekend.

Last company wasn't bad because as I mentioned, it was during the day at the office. The company before that had assorted events (concerts, "Christmas at the Zoo" for kids, etc) and they were always on the weekend. The company before that was the formal Saturday night affair. I just didn't really care for those kinds of parties.