DefaultSalesDude

Director

Holiday Office Parties

IDK about you guys but my company used to throw sick parties a few times a year. Since, C-19, everyone went virtual and spread out so now we have the equivalent of a zoom call and $20 gift card. Is your company (faking) poor, or is it just me?

Is your company doing a holiday party or no?

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Yes, it's usually a bash Yes, but it is equivalent to the cost of a Applebee's 2 for 1 margarita Used to, not anymore Never had them You should be cancelled for saying "holiday"

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jefe

Arsonist

🍁

They were fun many moons ago. Haven't had one in years, at a couple of different companies.
Things have changed.

Phillip_J_Fry

Opinionated

Director of Revenue

Previous company cancelled christmas parties long before covid, saying that they cost too much. The same year they said they were not doing annual raises anymore.

Employees pushed back saying we had multiple back to back record years and the least we could get is an xmas party.

Company pivots and decides to send boxes full of candy. Honestly looked like they just cleared out the candy aisle at dollar general and shipped it to you.

People got mad, saying this is lazy and frankly disrespectful. Company puts out an announcement saying that each box cost $400/employee.

Employees ask why we didn't get $400 instead of a box of junk food. CEO says we are ungrateful and I swear to god, wrote an email to the entire org saying that "we ruined christmas for him" because all we cared about was money.

Did I mention the guy was making $12 million per year?

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

That is massively out of touch. Wow.

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

what a dick.

Fenderbaum

Politicker

Retired Choirboy🪕

DefaultSalesDude

Executive

Director

Dam. Was this guy the CEO who shed 1 tear about how hard it was to lay off thousands over zoom?

BTQ

Politicker

Account Manager

Not quite a bash but not the cost of a applebees dollarita.
We're remote so we normally have a happy hour followed by a nice dinner. It's pretty nice!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

Shit dude I prefer a giftcard.

Fenderbaum

Politicker

Retired Choirboy🪕

Those would be nice here as well. 😜

GDO

Politicker

BDM

Not since COVID

oldcloser

Arsonist

💀

Pandemic was game over for so much.

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

We still have parties. But I also live in the free state of Florida where our governor isn't a pussy.

DefaultSalesDude

Executive

Director

SAMESIES!

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

My company..... lets just say that Christian holidays aren't their strong suit and leave it at that.

Diablo

Politicker

Sr. AE

Same here some prepaid gift card. It's better than nothing though lol

pirate

Big Shot

🦜☠️ Account Executive

Used to have them, not anymore

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Between bash and Applebees, but many many miles away, so I will not be attending.

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

its not required?

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Better not be. I'm remote and in a distant state.

HappyGilmore

Politicker

Account Executive

Shoot I wish, haven't had one in a few years.

HVACexpert

Politicker

sales engineer

my company now is the first one I have had a legit X-Mas party to go to, they are fun, not an all night thing, but a nice dinner/drinks with significant others.

Mr.Pickles

Arsonist

Sr. Customer Success Manager

it is all giggles and shit until someone shits and giggles... aligned with @Phillip_J_Fry all of those got canceled (raises included as we don't have a yearly increment policy in place 🤡) and now we get only get a shirt and a mug.

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

Holidays parties were a "liability"

wolfofmiami

Opinionated

🐺

I have been to one holiday party. And I hate that I have to say that

dorsiacro

Politicker

Account Executive

These used to be one of the highlights of the year. Not the same anymore

Saleszilla

Opinionated

Sales Manager

Our holiday party has always been a company lunch at the end of the month. So instead of 30m everyone gets an hour and there are some festivities such as secret Santa.

I work for a small manufacturer so shutting down production for a day or having an after hours party doesn't really work.

Beans

Big Shot

Enterprise Account Executive

They spend.

Coffeesforclosers

Notable Contributor

Director Sales and Market Development

I sadly miss the forced hangouts with my company peeps

LambyCorn

Arsonist

A mfkn E

i have never worked with a real company, only freelance jobs until this year that I started my first real company job. Throwing a party in december with a shit to of booze in the Barcelo Hotel in San Jose Costa Rica (we are in CR, not traveling frm the US lol)

JCG139

Member

Enterprise SDR

Now that I'm working at a remote-only company they doo Zoom happy hours and crap but I never attended I have better things to do in my life then waste time on that.

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Holiday Office Parties

Is your company doing a holiday party or no?

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