Work Xmas Parties

[leeroybrown]

7 years I have now worked for the firm I am currently with.

They are a multi million dollar company yet in the 7 years they are yet to pay for 1 single Xmas night out.

This year they have gave in and decided to host one with a disco, buffet and money behind bar…gobsmacked.

Does you company pay for a Xmas night out and if they do what do you get

[Clouds_mate]

Exact same here. Very high profile company with a massive turn over. Yet they dont pay for the xmas meal/party. They usually put like £10 towards each member of staff but pick places where its like £60 a head.

Wouldnt want to be out with these dicks anyway.

[Robb]

When I worked at Morrisons they had this shitty xmas thing, everyone bar one or two people that worked there basically had down syndrome so didnt go...

Will probably just have a big meal with everyone this year, on the company. The company isnt massive so...

[Yates]

Tiger Tiger rented out, free piss up and meal, next day morning off and breakfast at local place.

Have things every few months, best one was pool party in Rio, free booze and food all day, live band unfortunatly no prostitues

[Tupps]

The company i work for isn't massive, quite a small turn over

This year we're going to the hilton for a meal and a stay over (we need to pay for the room)

All food and drink is paid for though

Bunch of dicks so probably won't go

[Robb]

We are a small company, big turnover. We see none of it. Go figure.

[Luke]

Company I work for throw money at stuff like this, even take you randomly for drinks in Leeds, Visa behind bar and drink has much as you like.

Our Xmas do is at the Hilton Hotel, full meal/drinks paid for which isn't bad I guess.

When I worked at Morrisons, you had to pay for yourself.

[Dasher_VTR]

where i work they usually pay for a meal every christmas bout £30 quid each and every 4 years they get every branch up to a function room for a big party. not a big company either only about 5 million turnover a year. the thing i hate is this secret santa shit the women always make everyone do.

[Tupps]

We are a small company, big turnover. We see none of it. Go figure.

Way most companies are :wall:

If i we're a director i'd make sure my staff we're looked after, We get blagged by them all the time with them pleading poverty

Even though they insist on 5 series bmw's and 5-6 holidays a year, even though they told us they took a paycut to £15k a year lol!

[AdamW]

Only a small company but Boss always plans a meal and pays for the beer allnight......so all good. But because Xmas falls on a thursday. We are going out the friday before and then back to work on monday....Gay Gay Gay Gay

[leeroybrown]

Ours is on a Wednesday ffs

[Luke]

Ours is Wednesday too......

[Jay_Saxo]

We get the meal paid for, and there is 2 main managers who throw in about £300 + each for drinks! So we dont do to badly!! Plus, there is only 5 girls and 40+ men, hardly ever have to buy a drink on a work night out lol!

[Tupps]

Our xmas do its the 19th, friday

[Robb]

Haha exactly Tuppence, dont think the big wigs understand that in order to get there employees interested in caring for the company they need to pay them well in order to so.

I know its a bad way of looking at it, but thats just the way it is. In Morrisons we used to play cricket with lemons and baguettes because we didnt give a fuck about wasting work time and wasting a lemon and baguette in the process. Same theory with these more important jobs. If the employee thinks he is being cared for by the company, he will return the favour and care for the company...

[joemcevoy]

Never had a free xmas party. The most we had was a free party when the place first opened but i was working that night so i didnt get down in time for food. Worked for ASDA and they only put a 5er towards the xmas party. They have a thing called the colleague circle and they are given so much each year to spend on the colleagues. It basicly goes towards new seats in the canteen and a TV. thats about it but i think they put some towards the Xmas party. I never went though

[Yates]

Company I work for throw money at stuff like this, even take you randomly for drinks in Leeds, Visa behind bar and drink has much as you like.

Our Xmas do is at the Hilton Hotel, full meal/drinks paid for which isn't bad I guess.

When I worked at Morrisons, you had to pay for yourself.

morrisons cafe aint going to cost you an arm and a leg is it

[Tupps]

True that Robb, i do the work required of me at a pace they're used to - i blag work alot of the time and act busy

If they paid me a decent wage then i'd have a massive output, tried proving myself for ages now by nailing drawings out but they don't give a shit

Get what they pay for now, 9-5 internet

[Robb]

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys...

Love that phrase. Say it most days as I walk out the door.

[Danr]

We have ours on the last day. Last 2 years we went into Guildford. Had a nice meal in one of the best restaraunts and then hung around in the bars. Drinks were all payed for. Just had to give them the tab numbers.

Small company again.

Prob won't be as mad this year. Credit crunch ffs.

[kenny]

my work is really good for looking after us. well my department anyway. the boss arranged a meal for everyone in the department with as much drink as you wanted etc. It was just a random idea so xmas should be good.

Few hangovers the next day aswel

[matt_vtr_15]

our xmas event is a 3 course meal including all drinks and we bring our girlfriends if we wish.. followed by going to a few bars which we pay for ourselves though as the boss doesn't follow on....

small bussiness with quite a big turnover...

we also get a few bottles of wine, joint of gammon and other goodies round xmas... and a tasty bonus!!!

[Amiee]

Our company rock tbh, we get xmas party all paid for including accomidation, as its usually someplace random!

And we get a summer night out which is paid for aswell... just chance to catch up with the guys from the other office and get drunk :D

[OLLYVTS]

my work place wont pay for us to go out for a meal or party,which sucks tbh.

[Robb]

Arent Xmas do's just excuses to get drunk and fuck the people you have been flirting with the rest of the year...

Bet my mrs cant wait...

[kenny]

Arent Xmas do's just excuses to get drunk and fuck the people you have been flirting with the rest of the year...

Bet my mrs cant wait...


Thats sig worthy robb :y:

[Danr]

Arent Xmas do's just excuses to get drunk and fuck the people you have been flirting with the rest of the year...

Bet my mrs cant wait...

Yep, i work with 2 men and the admin lady is 30, married and with child.

My chances are slim.

[Amiee]

Arent Xmas do's just excuses to get drunk and fuck the people you have been flirting with the rest of the year...

Bet my mrs cant wait...

Only 1 decent guy in my office, the others are ugly old or married haha..

And that guy I have known since I was about 2, so nooo chance for me either haha

[James]

My work xmas party is going to be wild...

[Col_VTR]

I work for a company with about 15 staff, but they always take us to the best place for a meal and they buy the drinks all night and pay for any transport required, our nights out rule :)

[AdamW]

Going to an Italian restaurant for ours......Gonna don the waistcost and pocket watch

[craig180]

I work for a relatively small company and we get taken out every year.

They normally book a hotel, feed you and your partner, free drinks at the table, disco, room for the night, then on xmas eve we all get a massive turkey!

[Mikey]

we get great xmas do's

meal paid for
hotel paid for
beer all night paid for

last place for a do was hilton in manc

[Raz]

1st job never done anything about xmas...
2nd job wasnt there long enough to see if they did or not...
current job went to london (where the head office is) train tickets, hotel, food paid for...beer we had to pay...think i worked it out that the company spent (on 5 of us) £450 last Xmas bash...no news yet on this years...

[Danr]

then on xmas eve we all get a massive turkey!

When i used to work at Sainsburys (back in the day) i worked Xmas eve. The manager approached me and said take your pic from the Turkeys left as a reward for working hard etc.

Picked the biggest one up i could. I was on my moped so had to get my mum to drive around in the car to pick it up. Seriously think i'm still eating scraps off that bird. Was like a fooking ostrich!

[Keefo]

i work for my dad, companys been up for about 13 years now and every year without fail we throw a party for everyone, pay for all beer, etc even taxis there and back home.

We only have like 12 employees like but its still good :-)

[Amiee]

Last year I missed the works do, but they were all taken for a massive 8 course meal at crown plaza hotel in notts, then they all went for drinks an headed upto the casino!

Summer meal was a indian resturant, followed by endless drinks :D and director took us all to oceana, 5 of us ended up sleeping in his "snug/kids sitting room" as it was closer back to.. were we carried on drinking!

This xmas is a 70s theme :n: 4 course dinner at holme peir point, night at hotel and then the next day were doing some random activity that hasnt been confirmed yet.

[Predator_R32]

they pay for the function room and buffet (still use smart price food though lol) and we pay for drink, tbh i always end up down into town, gets boring after a bit

[dsh85]

i recieve 50 stamps and a photocoped xmas card from the companys director!

[Danr]

i recieve 50 stamps and a photocoped xmas card from the companys director!

Do they let you take home any of the coal you mined?

(awaits ban)

[dsh85]

if only i had the power rent boy ;)

apparentkly they used to giev hampers away to employees and allsorts now there just tight

[leeroybrown]

New I had spoke to soon

As Xmas is coming quick and the company had left it to late to book somewhere, now our XMAS party is off till next year

Bloody charming

[Graeme]

vodafone are pretty good when it comes to partys

this year they have hired the main hotel in warrington and there will be a free bar, disco, food ect

when i worked for carphonewarehosue though they hired earls court one year and we had a snow ball where there was 600 plus people all dressed in suits and dresses, free bar all night and they had basement jaxx and peter kay performing

[leeroybrown]

Now thats the best one by far G

[Graeme]

Now thats the best one by far G

maddest thing was they had fake snow machines and trees ect

ill try to find the pics when i get home

[Robb]

not really suprising though from the big companies they must have money just to throw away...

[SAXOSi]

The xmas party is one thing my mate likes about working at cpw.

My xmas party will be depend on how much money there is in the bank at the time. Last year I paid the afternoon bill of the SSC Litten Tree goers, no going out by myself haha

[leeroybrown]

not really suprising though from the big companies they must have money just to throw away...

Biggest IT firm in the world I work for...make billions...still get nowt

[Chuffy]

It's one thing having good work parties. It's another thing if you actually (like me) don't like your workmates. This will be my 3rd year I won't be going to the xmas party. Part of me says I should go. But looking round at the faces I say Na.

[Robb]

Biggest IT firm in the world I work for...make billions...still get nowt

who are they? lets see if Ive heard of them?

[leeroybrown]

EDS and HP company...basically got bought out by HP...making us the biggest

[Graeme]

EDS and HP company...basically got bought out by HP...making us the biggest

dont HP make sauce?

[leeroybrown]

Brown Sauce

[vts_blue]

Christmas looks like a good one for me...

I work a few days a week for a main dealership so will have the works do there, everything paid for etc, plus myself and a couple of other mates run our own businesses so we will no doubt be having some 'festive celebrations' :y: