Comments on: Miffed Bosses, Missing Bras, and Other Holiday Party Disasters

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 10:10:07 +0000

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By: Mee

Mee — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:47:05 +0000

In reply to Evil HR Lady. Yup. Last year I had the you need to pay $50 per couple to attend the optional evening office party. My spouse wanted to go to see my coworkers but when we got there none of the people I work with were there. So we spent the evening talking to people from my company I had never seen before and have never seen since. We left early.

By: TheWitchFromHR

TheWitchFromHR — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:00:14 +0000

Early in my HR career, I was asked to plan the regional holiday party at an upscale area hotel. We put 2 bottles each of red & white wine on the table, served canapés, salad, entrée with starch & 2 veggies, dessert, coffee/tea/milk. Employees could bring a guest, and the entrée options were steak, salmon, chicken and vegetarian pasta. The regional manager was missing when it was time for recognition and the gift raffle, so I went looking for him. He was in an empty conference room a couple doors away, with two female employees (neither his wife), all partially clothed, drunk, and busily ‘exploring’ each other. Monday he was relieved of duty, the ladies ditto, and according to the grapevine, divorce actions also followed. Next year, we had a catered luncheon for employees only, with coffee/tea/soda.

I really dislike evening employee events!!!

By: Evil HR Lady

Evil HR Lady — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:22:33 +0000

In reply to Irene Burrows. I love holiday parties that are during the day, aren't required, have good food and no other expectations. Night time affairs? Blech. Required attendance? Blech. Charging admission? Double blech.

By: Irene Burrows

Irene Burrows — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:20:44 +0000

Please, EvilHRLady, make the annual holiday party go away! Call me Scrooge, but partying with your coworkers, even if you like them, leads to nothing but trouble. As these stories illustrate, you tend to learn all sorts of things about people that you would rather not know—their horrible drinking problems, inappropriate sexual proclivities, and other things that should be kept under wraps.
If you want to party during the holidays, that’s wonderful. And that’s what you have FRIENDS for. If the boss wants to do us a holiday favor, let us go home early on the 23rd. We have turkeys to cook and gifts to wrap.

By: Jim Grey

Jim Grey — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:54:21 +0000

When I worked for a publishing company, our entrepreneurial CEO used to fly in for the annual holiday party and hand out bonus checks. One year, he was quite obviously high.

By: Elizabeth West

Elizabeth West — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:43:09 +0000

Ha ha ha, I’m so glad I didn’t have to go to any of these parties!