Your Christmas Party ... has been cancelled

[EternalOptimist]

anyone who believes that you enjoy booze and food more if you pay for it yourself is either an @rse or an @gent

[threaded]

We are having 3 or maybe 4 xmas parties. I've lost count. The sales people are organising them and inviting various groups of clients to different ones.

I have to go to them all. It's a hard job but someones got to do it.

And it's all claimable. Which is nice.

[Phoenix]

DA enterprises will be holding its annual "Bring a Bottle" party. It is not that I am mean but I do believe people enjoy their drink and food more if they buy it themselves.

And you can claim back the VAT

[DodgyAgent]

parties

MarillionFan knows all about having a few too many and coming in on Monday to find his contract terminated.
I tend to avoid the Christmas party myself, it removes all the temptation. Much better to hear about someone else making a tit of themselves than to be the one being "heard about".
I did start a food fight at a Marks & Sparks Xmas party many years ago though, that was good fun, and my contract was finishing anyway so nothing to lose.

DA enterprises will be holding its annual "Bring a Bottle" party. It is not that I am mean but I do believe people enjoy their drink and food more if they buy it themselves.

[Mordac]

MarillionFan knows all about having a few too many and coming in on Monday to find his contract terminated.
I tend to avoid the Christmas party myself, it removes all the temptation. Much better to hear about someone else making a tit of themselves than to be the one being "heard about".
I did start a food fight at a Marks & Sparks Xmas party many years ago though, that was good fun, and my contract was finishing anyway so nothing to lose.

[AlfredJPruffock]

A survey of 3,500 employers by the law firm Peninsula found that four out of five would not organise a party. Most of those polled said that Christmas parties often caused arguments among company staff and led to official complaints about harassment.

Two-thirds of employers said they had sacked a member of staff because of their antics at a Christmas party.




The Christmas party is cancelled
By Alan Jones
Published: 31 October 2005



Most bosses are planning to cancel their office Christmas parties this year because of the cost of staging festive celebrations, a new report has claimed.

A survey of 3,500 employers by the law firm Peninsula found that four out of five would not organise a party. Most of those polled said that Christmas parties often caused arguments among company staff and led to official complaints about harassment. Two-thirds of employers said they had sacked a member of staff because of their antics at a Christmas party.

Mike Huss, an employment law specialist at Peninsula, said: "Unfortunately, the combination of employees enjoying themselves and alcohol can turn sour, with the boss having to sort out the mess on a Monday morning."

Most bosses are planning to cancel their office Christmas parties this year because of the cost of staging festive celebrations, a new report has claimed.

A survey of 3,500 employers by the law firm Peninsula found that four out of five would not organise a party. Most of those polled said that Christmas parties often caused arguments among company staff and led to official complaints about harassment.

Two-thirds of employers said they had sacked a member of staff because of their antics at a Christmas party.


Mike Huss, an employment law specialist at Peninsula, said: "Unfortunately, the combination of employees enjoying themselves and alcohol can turn sour, with the boss having to sort out the mess on a Monday morning."