Work Christmas Do's

digitalscream

Adam_MD said:

Can I work for you @TTony?

I suspect you may have to marry him first.

jd0272

digitalscream;440812" said:

Adam_MD said:

Can I work for you @TTony?





I suspect you may have to marry him first.

Can he cook???

mike_l

Adam_MD said:

Can I work for you @TTony?

Do you realise Tony runs a brothel?

Panama_Jack666

TTony said:

Sounds pretty glum for a fair few.

I like to look after my staff properly, and Christmas gives me an opportunity to do that.  Obviously, I'll do things during the year too (extra days off, free meals, stuff like that), but my people seem to like the Christmas party so I do that too.

We'll book a decent hotel - somewhere with an excellent restaurant as well as a good bar and comfortable rooms.  That way, anyone who wants to stay over and not worry about driving home or booking taxis can stay over.  Free bar all evening/night/morning naturally!

Next day breakfast is paid for, and they'll usually get the day off too.

Of course, some people have child / dog / goldfish -care to get sorted out (if they want to stay over), so that's all paid for too.

Do I win "nice boss of the year" award??

(the company is just me & MrsTT, but the above is all still true).

Yeah, can I work for you too?

Evilmags

My first works do was at a big Swiss bank. They took us to see Gary Glitter. :-o

Snap

No. 14 years running my own business and I get involved in, nor inflict, any corporate shit.

Axe_meister

20 years ago a worked for a company that was rapidly growing and money was coming out of the managers ears. Everybody got on well and we were only 100 people. We had parties at the natural history museum and one year booked the QE2 for a night. Not been to one for years now

Clarky

Evilmags said:

My first works do was at a big Swiss bank. They took us to see Gary Glitter. :-o

so it was a trip to Thailand then??? nice..

Drew_TNBD

TTony said:

Sounds pretty glum for a fair few.

I like to look after my staff properly, and Christmas gives me an opportunity to do that.  Obviously, I'll do things during the year too (extra days off, free meals, stuff like that), but my people seem to like the Christmas party so I do that too.

We'll book a decent hotel - somewhere with an excellent restaurant as well as a good bar and comfortable rooms.  That way, anyone who wants to stay over and not worry about driving home or booking taxis can stay over.  Free bar all evening/night/morning naturally!

Next day breakfast is paid for, and they'll usually get the day off too.

Of course, some people have child / dog / goldfish -care to get sorted out (if they want to stay over), so that's all paid for too.

Do I win "nice boss of the year" award??

(the company is just me & MrsTT, but the above is all still true).

Tbh... sounds a bit sleazy. Like you're just trying to get laid or something!

fretmeister

Paul_C said:

this is when being self-employed and working from home alone becomes a slightly sad thing

This.

And I don't get invited to the missus' do as it's staff only.

Her's is on Friday so I'll just have to get a curry delivered.

Deadman

Oxford pub crawl starts at 2pm today for the lads and me. Going for an Indian later too.

lloyd

Mine was last night, I stayed an hour, drank my 5 free drinks then went off and met my mates. It was ok to be fair but couldn't have stayed any longer, they're giving us an early finish today which is nice.

pigface

I use to work for a sorftware company in Heidelberg, Germany. The first few years they had the Christmas do in the King's Hall in Heidelberg Castle. Very swish.

Phil_aka_Pip

pigface said:

I use to work for a sorftware company in Heidelberg, Germany. The first few years they had the Christmas do in the King's Hall in Heidelberg Castle. Very swish.

was the company scottish?

Strat_a_tat_tat

TTony said:

Sounds pretty glum for a fair few.

 I like to look after my staff properly, and Christmas gives me an opportunity to do that.  Obviously, I'll do things during the year too (extra days off, free meals, stuff like that), but my people seem to like the Christmas party so I do that too.

We'll book a decent hotel - somewhere with an excellent restaurant as well as a good bar and comfortable rooms.  That way, anyone who wants to stay over and not worry about driving home or booking taxis can stay over.  Free bar all evening/night/morning naturally!

Next day breakfast is paid for, and they'll usually get the day off too.

Of course, some people have child / dog / goldfish -care to get sorted out (if they want to stay over), so that's all paid for too.

 Do I win "nice boss of the year" award??

 (the company is just me & MrsTT, but the above is all still true).

Carlsberg don't make bosses... but if they did...

pigface

Phil_aka_Pip;442873" said:

pigface said:

I use to work for a sorftware company in Heidelberg, Germany. The first few years they had the Christmas do in the King's Hall in Heidelberg Castle. Very swish.





was the company scottish?

Naw, they wurnae ... OK, they were a software company, really.

mike_l

Strat_a_tat_tat said:

 

Carlsberg don't make bosses... but if they did...

They'd be a shit beer too?

Strat_a_tat_tat

mike_l said:

Strat_a_tat_tat said: 

Carlsberg don't make bosses... but if they did...

They'd be a shit beer too?

Bit harsh...

 

 

 

 

... on Carlsberg.

boogieman

Still waiting for the one that was supposed to happen in 2009. We had a nasty little shit of a boss at the time, no one liked him, so nobody wanted to go on a Christmas jolly with him. We found out afterwards that he'd snaffled the £20 a head the company donated towards the do and kept it for himself.

I packed up work a while back and I don't miss the work do's at all. Much rather just go for a few beers with the people I actually liked.

Adam_MD

Well just back to the hotel from my works christmas do. Wasn't as bad as I was expecting... until I went outside and heard a girl screaming at a guy to get off her.
Now one of my hands is twice the size of the other and I ripped my shirt pulling him off her. Thankfully some other people ran over to see what was going on because he was a lot bigger than me.