do's and don'ts around christmas?

[NickFitz]

Nick, we all know that you're secretly longing for watching the Christmas Day Coronation Street special with your family.....

Haven't seen Corrie in years. Caught a bit when I was queuing in the chippy the other week, and the only character I recognised was the pub

[Pondlife]

WFH the week before Xmas.

Sorted.

[SimonMac]

With my family, as far away from my clients as I can be.

Neither. Don't send them. Tell people that you are making a charitable donation instead. Then act like a contractor and keep the money.

Waste of time and money. If your extension is based on whether you give a present at Christmas, I'd suggest you save the money and invest in some kind of training. That way, you may be judged on ability rather than presents.

Eat their food, drink their drinks, contribute nothing.

[BoredBloke]

I don't give presents or cards. I don't eat their cakes and they don't get any from me. I am a miserable git!

[SimonMac]

I took the Senior Programme Manager out this week and Cojak Ltd picked up the bill (as well as a round of drinks for the team before they went onto the Company Do last week).

Otherwise I've told everyone else I'll man the phones while they toddle off for their Xmas lunch next week.

(I used to send cards with 'Greetings from Cojak Ltd' printed on them, I might do that again next year for obvious reasons..)

1200 cards at £1 each by any chance?

[FiveTimes]

Ive got the snr dev a bottle. He was responsible for contacting me about this gig and I've had an extension since.

I has nothing to do with future extensions, just a way of saying thankyou for putting work my way.

[cojak]

1200 cards at £1 each by any chance?

No, not at all!

For that money I'll get 300 cards and little gadget gifts with the cojakltd.co.uk and logo stuck on them

[Support Monkey]

I don't give presents or cards. I don't eat their cakes and they don't get any from me. I am a miserable git!

Same here, i don't do any of it, i especially don't sign birthday cards or bring cakes on mine and i do not go to their christmas party however on the occassions were the permies have gone down the pub and i have joined them i make a point of being the first at the bar and buy the first round and then plenty during the evening

[TheFaQQer]

Haven't seen Corrie in years. Caught a bit when I was queuing in the chippy the other week, and the only character I recognised was the pub

I remember reading in TPD one Christmas of the joy you had watching it (!)

That would be years ago now, though, since I've not logged in for two years until this week.

[Amar]

Ive got the snr dev a bottle. He was responsible for contacting me about this gig and I've had an extension since.

I has nothing to do with future extensions, just a way of saying thankyou for putting work my way.

Same for me, I worked with the current client 4 years ago. Then a new project came along and the senior dev recommended me for the role. Been on the current contract for the past 18 months.

Permies are people too, you get good people and bad people. I am just trying to make sure we appreciate the good ones.