Ever received a good gift from your boss?

intheatx · December 2011

I'm trying to help DH settle on gifts for his staff. This is from our family to theirs (the company's not paying) so cash isn't an option. I'd like to do something a little less obvious than a Harry and David gift basket, but something that's about that easy. Budget is probably up to $50-ish each, but spending less would be awesome.

Ever received anything from a boss that you enjoyed that fits the bill?

PMBridetobe · December 2011

One year, I got a great book that was applicable to work and the time to read it

Another year, she sent me a $25 Starbucks card. THAT was the bomb!

shanwalk2 · December 2011

my boss tries her very best with gifts. It never really works out (although I really am appreciative of her sincere thought).

The only thing that goes over great 100% of the time is gift cards. One year she did simon gift cards... and that was nice. A signed check is nice, too. ;-)

ShernRich · December 2011

Giftcards are always good. I think the best gift I ever got from my boss was a spa gift certificate.

ec3under4 · December 2011

For my husband employees, we always go with gift cards. If you have a Costco membership then they always have gift cards at the front that are in "bulk" and a really good deal. I know we got Starbucks cards there in the past but what they have is always different.

ali-1411 · December 2011

I've only received a gift once and it was a box of Godiva chocolates.

mrs.wildman · December 2011

My boss gives me a giftcard every year - I've gotten Target, Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Academy (which I found really weird, but whatevs). In that my family doesn't really do G.C.'s, it's nice to get $ to spend somewhere on a gift of my own choosing.

thethomps · December 2011

My boss got me a $50 gift card to Nordstrom a couple of times, a $50 J. Crew gift card once, and a $50 gift card to B&N another. Awesome.

agran · December 2011

not for everyone but my boss set up an office wine tasting once and bought us all a nice bottle of wine. That was awesome! But of course we were all big whinos.

Gift cards are cool too.

Mrs.Froggianna · December 2011

I usually think GCs are lame, but the year I was PG with Luke my boss got me a GC for a pregnancy massage and it was wonderful. If there are ladies on his list I guarantee they'll love a GC to Viva or Milk + Honey or any other good spa in town.

FireChiefsBride · December 2011

Costco has nice Ghiradelli gift baskets. They're kind of big, but yum!

MrsAJL · December 2011

In 2006, I received an 8% bonus. That was an awesome holiday!

However, the sweetest gift I ever received was two gift cards (Starbucks and Target) at $25 each and a tin of the boss's wife's homemade brownies. She made brownies for every employee (20 of us.) It was very sweet.

I say gift cards are the way to go if you're on a budget.

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