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I see your point, but to be honest I'd probably pay not to have to attend Christmas parties at many places I've worked at. I suspect I'm not alone in feeling li
by jqm 11y ago
I see your point, but to be honest I'd probably pay not to have to attend Christmas parties at many places I've worked at. I suspect I'm not alone in feeling like this. Point being I don't know that this is really much of a perk......
- cballard 11y agoCompany Christmas party = another night that I can't spend with my girlfriend, lifting or climbing at the gym, reading, working on open source... and anything else that isn't hanging out with increasingly intoxicated people.
- vacri 11y agoOne night a year is onerous? For an event that it seems your coworkers enjoy?
- cballard 11y agoWe spent, I'd say, over $1500 for our party at a company of 15. Yes, I would prefer a $100 bonus. The amount might decrease to the point that it's useless at larger companies due to economies of scale...
- paulcole 11y agoI think a more interesting question is: Would you rather get $100 or allow the other members of your team to attend a party they'd enjoy?
- SilasX 11y agoHm... is such a party both a) deductible as a corporate expense and b) not treated as employee income? If so, the choice is really between "$100 worth" of partying and $65 of after-tax cash. For that matter, do corporations pay sales tax? If not, it's more like $100 of partying vs $58 of your choice of any consumption. (Hence why it's not always as simple as "just give me the money".)
- carlosonunez 11y agoDo they force you to go? Every company I've ever worked at had optional parties.
- spacecowboy_lon 11y agoMe to i only worked at one place(subsidiary of Elsevier) that did the mega party thing. I didn't go to the first two and only attended after that to make nice with teh boss.