Office Christmas Party

Yes we have one. And as an owner of the “business” I pay for it out of money I would otherwise get to keep. It is tax allowable as expense for us, and. (unlike a voucher or cash bonus) not a benefit the staff are taxed on. And it’s fun. It’s part of team building and morale maintenance.

TandemJeremy – Member
Oh look – all those hard done by oppressed private sector workers with yet another freeebie! Who pays for your freebie do – we do – the public

TJ… you do realise that we’re ALL members of the public dont you, including the people going to the christmas parties?!?!?!

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of course phil – its just the hypocrisy that irritates. Public sector – unjustified freebies, private sector essential morale building that is tax deductible.

i haven’t see anybody on this thread begrudging public sector workers some time to celebrate christmas with their colleagues?

last time i worked in the NHS we had christmas parties, the wards would bring in staff to cover us all going out for a meal or whatever… often agency staff. dont remember anyone complaining then either 🙂

chillll winston! 😀

TJ – most people would see my workplace as public sector… Some kindness towards staff can make people work harder and more flexibly.

I think you are tilting at windmills here.

Lol @ TJ’s grasp of business economics. Unless you’re talking about a cornershop putting on a lavish do then the cost of a Christmas party isn’t going to make any meaningful dent in profits or have any influence at all on pricing.

If we’re trolling then think of them as being funded out of the greater private sector efficiencies and harder work from the smarter employees who aspire to do more than just live off the tax payer in a cushy job :p

Our firm contributes £30 a head to a christmas do (out of work hours mind)

But given our site turnover is approx £60 million with a staff of 50 I can’t see it really making a jot of difference to our costs.

Oh and the money spent on food & drink will of course be taxed and contribute to the public purse. And given that I work for an American firm you could argue that they are assisting the UK by not keeping the money?

I dont’ go to ours since the last one two years ago when we had to wait nearly an hour for the food to come after we were told to sit down. It was a complete embarassment, I nearly just got up and walked out.
It doesn’t help that it’s in a club that’s the absolute spit out of the phoenix club in pretty much every way.

avoid like the plague

This one. Hate the enforced jollity, the appalling food, the requirement as a senior bod to watch Phyliss from Accounts get pissed on free booze and then pick a fight with someone.

Christmas is for family and friends, not colleagues.