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Not baby related...re: xmas present from your boss (I guess its a POLL)

Married2003Married2003 member
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Do you receive one from your boss?  If so, what do you get?  The last job I was at for 10 years, my boss gave me $200 GC; my current job (first 4 years I got $500 Amex GC); year 5, I got nothing and this year I got a box of chocolate. 

 

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Re: Not baby related...re: xmas present from your boss (I guess its a POLL)

  • lynnsheylynnshey

    Lol - we were just talking about this at work on Friday.  Our boss usually gets us something that is $5 or less - a bag of Lindt chocolates, a cup filled with candy, etc. - get the idea?  Hold on to your seats - this year, we got a (1) flour sack dishwashing cloth with some ribbon sown on it.  Too thin to dry dishes with and no idea on how to regift it (too tacky).  Hey - I'll trade it for you box of chocolates - lol......

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  • M.AmyM.Amy member

    My last job had it right about holiday presents (it was the only thing they got right)

    The company sponsored a "party in an envelope."  Everyone got $200 and a nice card from their boss and gift exchanges were discouraged.  

     

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  • vanverthvanverth
    Last year we got a bag of kettlecorn from the company.  People were pissed.  They would have done better to have sent a Christmas greeting with we can't afford to do anything this year for you.
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  • Piranha54Piranha54
    OK - I win so far!  I got a very nice bottle of tequila from my boss.  Not a company sanctioned gift to be sure, but there's a group of us that have spent a fair amount of time hashing things out over pitchers of margs with guac and chips, so it was perfect!
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  • PeskyPesky member

    Ugh, sorry but other than token gifts from my boss make me uncomfortable.  As do more than token gifts from my assistant.  Eh, hard to please.  The high $$$ GCs sound like they were company funded, then the company pulled funding and now he is stepping up to do something (or the company is funding some token).  I have received zip from my boss for the past 3 years -- well, maybe a card.  This year I got some homemade fudge from his wife.  Which was appreciated.  I always give him and his wife some homemade cookies and such from baking.  I prefer to set expectations low.  Except they fell in love with the sugar cookies I swore never to make again.  Figures.

    ETA:  oh and the company does nothing for Christmas.  We used to have a party (which I hated attending and managed to avoid for the 2 years they had them) but that got scaled down to a potluck where they ran out of food this year.  Awesome. 


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  • lawry13lawry13 member
    My boss used to give small gift cards to a restaurant (Souplantation, Pick Up Stix and the like) but money has been tight in her family with her son and his family moving back in so I am not expecting anything this year. 
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  • ateytelbateytelb
    Agree with PP that it looks like the 200 or $500 GC are payed for by the company. I got $150 GC from the cmpany this year. Nothing from the boss except he scanned my GC and e-mailed to me (I am still home on maternity leave). My H gave wine and $25 Starbucks GC (that he bought himself) to his nurses, scheduler, and physician assistants.
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