So the invite has already gone out. Its the same theme as last year and in the same place . Not sure if I can be bothered with the cheap wine and microwave turkey (at least I think its turkey) meal .
Do most people go to their office Partys still or avoid like the plague ?
Let me throw this one in the mix. At our place; all female staff (including temps/contractors) are treated to a three course xmas lunch with wine at a local restaurant. They get 90 mins extra on their lunch (paid) to accommodate the feast so they’re all out of the office for 21/2 hours. The blokes get cock all.
Sexist?
Back to the OP – our xmas parties are usually shite so I avoid.
Let me throw this one in the mix. At our place; all female staff (including temps/contractors) are treated to a three course xmas lunch with wine at a local restaurant. They get 90 mins extra on their lunch (paid) to accommodate the feast so they’re all out of the office for 21/2 hours. Then blokes get cock all.
derek – I used to work at a company that would take all women to ladies day at Ascot. The blokes got to stay behind and work; well the non-managerial types anyway. The tradition was the manager would take the male staff out for lunch but ours always went to Ascot for some reason and never left money for us to eat. Last time it happened, the data entry team took pity and shared their McDs with us which was very sweet. After eating it we sloped off down the pub and stayed there.
Normally i go, the last few years its been a group event with managers from every store which has been fun, this year its been cancelled so just a store party. Luckily im out the country on hols when they are planning it this year!
Try working in the third sector you’re lucky if you get a mince pie, no such thing as paid for do’s or bonuses guess every sector is the same now for most companies anyway. Used tog et a two night stay in a hotel with food, drinks and a bonus when I worked for major players in the private sector as a PA….
Let me throw this one in the mix. At our place; all female staff (including temps/contractors) are treated to a three course xmas lunch with wine at a local restaurant. They get 90 mins extra on their lunch (paid) to accommodate the feast so they’re all out of the office for 21/2 hours. The blokes get cock all.
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Medieval feast at Warwick Castle.. should be fun!
I wouldn’t bet on it.
We had a launch party there when our company merged with another just before christmas a couple of years ago. They left us in the bar for ages (free drinks with the meal, not before), then when they took us through the meal, the “free drinks” were small pitchers of lager – 2 per table, about 1.5 pints in each, and they weren’t prompt about refilling them, there may have been wine but there definitely wasn’t any bitter.
The entertainment (the blokes singing songs and getting us all to join in) were good though
I’ve only been here since January but apparently the last one was in a meeting room in our building and lasted about 45mins.
I think this time they’ve decided to go for some drinks across the road in the afternoon which is fine by me.
I like the idea of being able to go across to the pub and have some drinks and people can leave when they please. I can’t really abide the big formal do’s or anything with work that involves having to travel or go away somewhere, it just seems like forced fun.
I’m sure there will be people who end up staying out late at ours but at least when it’s informal you can do it on a drink by drink basis.
I wouldn’t go anywhere near an ‘Office Christmas Party’ in a million years. In fact I make sure I stay out of town when its that ridiculous season. Full stop.
There’s nothing worse than a bar full of idiots who only ever drink once a year. Its a similar atmosphere to a house party when you’re 15. Except everyone’s bald, fat and should know better. Its never going to end well
Thats different. That’s an official bald, fat, blokes outing. I doubt anyone will try to photocopy their arse or get off with one of the 19 year olds from accounts.
Our is usually a meal at an Italian in town, paid for wine and then those who want to stay out and those who don’t go home. It generally works very well and is a pretty good night out.
Sorry Jules. My iphone has just upgraded itself. Without me asking it too. Its gone completely haywire and stuck two fingers up at me. I’m presently trying to sort it out. Will bell you when I have
I stopped going a few years back. We used to be small enough in the UK that we had one big get-together with free bar all night, then it changed to free bar for 1 hour then it changed to no free bar but a bottle of wine each at the table. Then we grew and it got split into multiple separate office parties so my one is basically about 20 people I see day in day out anyway so I can’t be bothered :p
We’re (rather large rail infrastructure company) are “allowed” one so long as we pay for it out of our own actual pockets!!
I’m going to the missus’ ones instead, couple of meals at some restaurants over a couple of weeks; and the big one is a black tie do where everything is paid for including the nights stay at a 5 star country hotel and brekkie the morning after 😆
It’s way better working for said financial establishment than it is where I work
One team night, one company night. Both paid for by the company. Both a good laugh. I work with good people so it’s actually enjoyable to socialise with them.
us poor public sector types have to fund our own xmas dos, see that why we deserve a final salary pension 😉
and bonus wtfs a bonus?, 14 years of full time employment and the only xmas bonus ive ever had was from one of the secretaries at an xmas party back in 2001
I’m still trying to get my head round the fact that Cristmas is looming, and that many places have their decorations up already!
To me it feels like it should still be late August / September, not 2nd week into November!