Is your Xmas party also cancelled?

She Devil · 29-10-2008 04:54PM

humanji wrote: »

I've a feeling you'll be getting something else that night...

Hmm .. there was an x at the end of the message, and he did say Hiya Honey,
Hmm i wonder was it meant for someone else

Oh well i accepted now ..

humanji · 29-10-2008 04:57PM

She Devil wrote: »

Hmm .. there was an x at the end of the message, and he did say Hiya Honey,
Hmm i wonder was it meant for someone else Oh well i accepted now ..

Take it whenever you can, I always say!

pickarooney · 29-10-2008 05:13PM

No Christmas party here, as usual. Last year we did have Christmas lunch, next door, and we paid for it. The good news is that the 25th is a weekday this year, so we'll actually get a day off. W00t!

shenanigans1982 · 29-10-2008 05:52PM

Have not had one the last few years, we just got a bonus instead but I think this year that won't be happening either.

Kiera · 29-10-2008 05:56PM

We got a pay freeze so they've decided to give us a big Christmas party to make up for it. I'd rather the money to get pissed instead of a meal and some crappy band tbh!

Toto Wolfcastle · 29-10-2008 06:57PM

Our Social Coordinator was out sick for a month so I've heard nothing but I doubt very much that it will be cancelled. I don't even know what they do for a Christmas party as it's my first year but as long as there is a bar it's all good.

Gummy Panda · 29-10-2008 07:09PM

Mine says they pay for it but we have to organise it ourselves amongst our departments and there is a limit on the amount per head.

I prefer this. We can grab platters of food in a pub and spend the rest on booze :pac:

Nightwish · 29-10-2008 07:20PM

We never get a Christmas party as I work for the HSE and the HSE cant spend money on daft things such as parties and the like.

Raiser · 29-10-2008 07:22PM

She Devil wrote: »

Hmm .. there was an x at the end of the message, and he did say Hiya Honey,
Hmm i wonder was it meant for someone else Oh well i accepted now ..

There's definitely a recession on when girls have to pretend to be their ex-bosses ex-girlfriend all night and then put out on the bonnet of a '92 Ford Escort just for a few measly cold mince pies and some crap music

She Devil wrote: »

Im so sorry

- Though, to be fair, you did apologise for your part in the state of the Nation on the FF Apologies thread....

Nightwish wrote: »

We never get a Christmas party as I work for the HSE and the HSE cant spend money on daft things such as parties and the like.

Hmmmm- There a pile of hits on Google that say otherwise

Google search for: HSE Wasting Money:
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Nightwish · 29-10-2008 07:28PM

Oh it may waste money on parties for the head guys, but not on the lowly workers.

SoupyNorman · 29-10-2008 07:28PM

Mine is on, full steam ahead!!

The buzz in the office about the Xmas party always seems to make it seem like it's going to be the best night of the year, when the cold hard reality is that it'll probably be the worst.

Especially if you let you let your Boss lob it into ya in a drunken feel up session out the service entrance of the hotel!

Geekspeak · 29-10-2008 07:28PM

we're going to Saba in town - does anyone know what it's like?

trout · 29-10-2008 07:39PM

Christmas party for team / department / division == cancelled
Christmas lunch for team == cancelled

Christmas bonus never happened, so that won't be cancelled.

Suits me ... the parties tend to be clique-fests, and I will not miss the 4 hour lunches of cheap turkey & ham served with a side order of false bonhomie, mind-numbing prattle and ar$e-numbing plastic chairs for plastic people with plastic smiles.

Bah humbug!

MOH · 29-10-2008 07:42PM

Company party still on, free meal, not sure about drinks.
IT party on, think we have to pay €10, dunno what we get for that,

DenMan · 29-10-2008 07:47PM

No, we never get a Christmas party.

We usually end up organising something ourselves. It usually involves going to a gig. That is perfect for me as that is my ideal Christmas party (I also do be heavily involved in the decision making process).

thelordofcheese · 29-10-2008 07:51PM

trout wrote: »

Christmas party for team / department / division == cancelled
Christmas lunch for team == cancelled

Christmas bonus never happened, so that won't be cancelled.

Suits me ... the parties tend to be clique-fests, and I will not miss the 4 hour lunches of cheap turkey & ham served with a side order of false bonhomie, mind-numbing prattle and ar$e-numbing plastic chairs for plastic people with plastic smiles.

Bah humbug!

You a coder by any chance?

Anyway, ours is on, if the tales from last year is anything to go by it'll be one hell of a session

Squall · 29-10-2008 07:57PM

I've got two parties this year .... two days in row. All paid for

_Kaiser_ · 29-10-2008 07:57PM

Haven't a clue what we're doing, but if it's like the previous few years:

- we'll have to pay for it anyway
- it'll be a meal in some chinese/italian/thai restaurant
- 90% of people will go home after this as everyone will be driving anyway
- what's even more annoying is that, unlike most companies, we don't get paid early in December so will be smashed for Xmas.
(of course on the "plus" side we don't have the 5-6 week pain of waiting for our next pay cheque I suppose)

Bah humbug indeed!

pretty-in-pink · 29-10-2008 08:32PM

I get 2, maybe 3. Paid for. For some crazy reason we have to spend our social budget, or we have it cut and they won't uncut it.

Its especially crazy when ya consider I work in a financial institute. Although not all of us get to go to the party, and no dates.

ejmaztec · 29-10-2008 08:33PM

Working for myself, I may well lash out on paper hat, then send out flyers to find a suitable volunteer to shag in the broom cupboard. Bah humbug.

aviendha · 29-10-2008 10:53PM

not this year... announced the dreaded "redundancy" recently which would mean the party would've been the week after people lost their jobs.. not entirely appropriate

29-10-2008 11:00PM

Geekspeak wrote: »

we're going to Saba in town - does anyone know what it's like?

YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM

have a toblerone cocktail as dessert - mmmmmmmmmm

my husband xmas party is a very fancy affair, in a *very* posh spa hotel, all food and drink paid for for the night and also hotel room paid for staff and their partners - YAY!

Itsdacraic · 29-10-2008 11:13PM

We haven't had a christmas party (or any type of company function) since 2 years ago when a company director was caught taking cocaine at it and ended up punching the head off one the managers resulting in the whole group being ejected from a top dublin nightclub.

Blush_01 · 29-10-2008 11:23PM

Christmas party is still on, as far as I know. There's a pre-Christmas party first though. Depending on how that goes I'll decide whether I want to go on the Christmas party or not.

Zaph · 30-10-2008 12:10AM

The company I work for (financial services) cancelled all Christmas parties for the group worldwide last week. Our Christmas bonus was already cancelled a few weeks ago. And we're one of the companies that's holding up very well in all the mess!

Firetrap · 30-10-2008 12:21AM

I wouldn't exactly describe what my employers lay on as a Christmas party. We get a free lunch and that's it. Tbh, I'm not fussed whether we get the free lunch this year or not. I'm not that desperate for dinner.

Ourlad · 30-10-2008 12:26AM

The place i work cancelled the christmas party 7 years ago the first year i started and there hasnt been one since. We get €30 a head to go out on the beer around xmas with our department.

Not complaining though

The_B_Man · 30-10-2008 12:34AM

Mine is still on. Fancy dress in the Sydney opera house. Brokeback mountain theme...

PurpleBerry · 30-10-2008 01:13AM

A lot of people are probably very lucky to be even keeping their jobs, nevermind having a party.

BraziliaNZ · 30-10-2008 03:28AM

free bar and food for us on 5th november, hasn't effected the mining industry that much fortunately!

Is your Xmas party also cancelled?

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