Christmas gift for staff

ParkRunner

Not sure what forum would suit this but just checking what people are doing for staff this year generally in the absence of get togethers and Christmas parties? I would normally give a gift or buy a couple of drinks.

It would be a shame not to do something to mark all the hard work done this year in particular but it’s a tricky one with most working remotely and no formal get togethers. Any suggestions?

TheValeyard

Balls Scratcher for upper management

beggars_bush

You can get drinks kits sent out to each staff member.

My sister's company has done this a good few times since March

For Forks Sake

TheValeyard wrote: »

Balls Scratcher for upper management

Butt Scratcher for the plebs

Leg End Reject

The easiest thing this year is a supermarket voucher. At least everyone can get some use from that and supermarkets aren't at risk of closing down.

Quarantini box. Then you have something to do for the mandatory zoom party.

Yes, all ideas must be drink related.

sugarman20

I find a few pound and a card goes a long way!

For Forks Sake

Deleted User wrote: »

Quarantini box. Then you have something to do for the mandatory zoom party.

Yes, all ideas must be drink related.

The words Zoom Party shall be stricken from the record after this year, anyone mentioning them from here out shall be killed.

Montage of Feck

Brown envelope with at least a grand in it.

ablelocks

well my boss is sending us a hamper of food, a hamper of alcohol, €500 perx reward card, voucher for a restaurant and because i've been a very good boy this year, she's promised me a bj.

so that's the kind of standard you have to meet for your staff.

For Forks Sake

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Brown envelope with at least a grand in it.

Looks like we've located the Fianna Fail member anyway

biko

One4all voucher
Hamper
Bottle of grog

sasta le

Cash

byhookorbycrook

One 4 all aren’t good, they deduct money each month from the value of the voucher . Avoid !

TheValeyard

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

One 4 all aren’t good, they deduct money each month from the value of the voucher . Avoid !

Yeah, that's a real ****ty thing.

endacl

Cash.

And some cash. Can’t beat it. No need to overthink It. And nobody will have to pretend to appreciate it.

sasta le

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

One 4 all aren’t good, they deduct money each month from the value of the voucher . Avoid !

Really?How that work?

un5byh7sqpd2x0

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Brown envelope with at least a grand in it.

That would be taxable unfortunately

un5byh7sqpd2x0

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

One 4 all aren’t good, they deduct money each month from the value of the voucher . Avoid !

After 2 years

Montage of Feck

Ramon Scruffy Mustang wrote: »

That would be taxable unfortunately

Not if its in a brown envelope!

un5byh7sqpd2x0

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Not if its in a brown envelope!

And how does it get into the envelope? Unless you’re a cash business it’s on the books somewhere

biko

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

One 4 all aren’t good, they deduct money each month from the value of the voucher . Avoid !

Ramon Scruffy Mustang wrote: »

After 2 years

https://www.one4all.ie/help
One4all Gift Cards can be spent free of charges for 12 months following the purchase date (i.e. when the card was bought from a Post Office or online).

After this time a monthly charge of €1.45 will be deducted from funds remaining on the card, until the card balance reaches zero.

ablelocks

one for all cards can't be used online for purchases greater than €50 in any one transaction. Although, they can be added to apple/android wallets afaik.

perxreward cards are far more flexible and are effectively the same as a debit/credit card.

sbsquarepants

ParkRunner wrote: »

Not sure what forum would suit this but just checking what people are doing for staff this year generally in the absence of get togethers and Christmas parties? I would normally give a gift or buy a couple of drinks.

It would be a shame not to do something to mark all the hard work done this year in particular but it’s a tricky one with most working remotely and no formal get togethers. Any suggestions?

Give them money - all staff appreciate money, that's why they're your staff.

TheValeyard

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Give them money - all staff appreciate money, that's why they're your staff.

They won't give money. Think vouchers can be deducted from taxes or something

Feisar

Supermarket Voucher.

Gregor Samsa

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Give them money - all staff appreciate money, that's why they're your staff.

Cold hard cash is taxed, vouchers are not. Unfortunate, but that's the way it is.

Got a One4All voucher from our Sports and Social committee, because obviously nothing was organised all year. Hard to find online stores that will take them, max online spend is €50 because of anti-money laundering laws, and you can't combine it with your own money to put it towards something big because most online stores are only set up for a single payment method per transaction. Plus One4All seem to be having technical difficulties at the moment and aren't sending out the texts that validate the digital vouchers, so you can't actually claim them (this is our experience yesterday and today anyway).

If you can spend it in a physical shop, it's grand. Not a huge amount of choice local to me, though.

some random drunk

Management in our place has decided to reward our hard work all year by scrapping our Christmas bonus

Capt'n Midnight

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

Cold hard cash is taxed, vouchers are not. Unfortunate, but that's the way it is.

There are rules,

Small Benefit Exemption

You can give employees a small benefit of up to €500 in value, tax free, each year. This benefit must not be in cash.

Note :
The value of the benefit of a meal voucher is the face value minus 19c.

19c

Adyx

The commission on a One4All transaction is 20%. I don't why anywhere accepts them.

If you know them well, a hamper of food tapered to their tastes. eg chocolates, biscuits, wines, spirits plus a few hundred cash. Can’t go wrong.

Antares35

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

One 4 all aren’t good, they deduct money each month from the value of the voucher . Avoid !

Oh no way! We are getting one of those from work. Guess I just have to spend it straight away, which is a pity because I don't actually need anything at the moment and was going to save it for when I do. Thanks for the heads up!

Sheep Shagger

One 4 all cards have a tax free limit.

PsychoPete

A tin of quality street

Sheep Shagger

Antares35 wrote: »

Oh no way! We are getting one of those from work. Guess I just have to spend it straight away, which is a pity because I don't actually need anything at the moment and was going to save it for when I do. Thanks for the heads up!

Fee only kicks in after 12 months, its quite common with shopping centre ones too. Spend it in first year and fees are zero - simple.

touts

ablelocks wrote: »

one for all cards can't be used online for purchases greater than €50 in any one transaction. Although, they can be added to apple/android wallets afaik.

perxreward cards are far more flexible and are effectively the same as a debit/credit card.

Don't give them an Amazon.co.uk voucher anyway. Lots of people are doing that because you can print them in nice designs etc. But come January 1st between sterling falling, tariffs, delivery charges and other taxes they will be worth about 50% of what you think they are.

irishguitarlad

Daniel O Donnell's greatest hits, they'd love that.

hurikane

Having read this thread, I can rest easy, I now know where to find lots of gift card and voucher experts, if I ever need them.

Sheep Shagger

hurikane wrote: »

Having read this thread, I can rest easy, I now know where to find lots of gift card and voucher experts, if I ever need them.

Indeed- a lot of the advice here is absolutely rubbish.

Gregor Samsa

Adyx wrote: »

The commission on a One4All transaction is 20%. I don't why anywhere accepts them.

According to this article from 2016, the commission charged to retailers is “about 8%”.

https://www.thejournal.ie/one4all-gift-voucher-michael-dawson-2-3015272-Oct2016/

Has it really gone up that much in 4 years?

stuff.hunter

avoid one4all, online limit of €50 which is laughable, cant be used on paypal or amazon and forces you go to shops while pandemic, then if not used within one year balance being charged €1.45 per month.
seriously, its the worst rubbish I've ever got as a form of 'appreciation' , its just pure pain in ***e

Sheep Shagger

stuff.hunter wrote: »

avoid one4all, online limit of €50 which is laughable, cant be used on paypal or amazon and forces you go to shops while pandemic, then if not used within one year balance being charged €1.45 per month.
seriously, its the worst rubbish I've ever got as a form of 'appreciation' , its just pure pain in ***e

Or just use them quickly for groceries in Tesco, Dunnes or M&S...use the money you would have spent on those things for whatever gift you want to buy yourself.

Job done.

chrissb8

M O N E Y

bnt

sasta le wrote: »

Cash

Company gave us all pre-paid debit cards, and mine has already come in very handy via PayPal e.g. I have used it to pay for new glasses, guitar parts, and a few iPad apps so far. Much appreciated. They did it early because most people are working from home.

Humberto Salazar

Lucky you. We get nothing. But we know favoured staff get quiet bonuses. It's the worst time of the year for morale in a company like this.

Calahonda52

Adyx wrote: »

The commission on a One4All transaction is 20%..

verify please