Successfully avoided the departmental one, now just to avoid the "main" one next week.
Will be happily attending the invite I got from another department in a week. That's really the way to go.
Just like your "first" work party it's great. but then it's simply an extension of work - one that...
Yep, remember it well.
I was reminded of it a few years ago at another company when we had a new young member of staff who very unfortunately joined a day or two before the Xmas party. First "proper job" and somewhat dazzled by the bright lights of the city got completely rat arsed and failed...
Worked for a company on 2000 that got taken over by Americans.
First thing they did was take away the traditional Christmas bonus which was literally £100 in an envelope - although we did get taxed.
After much staff complaining they re-instated it but renamed it the "Millennium Bonus" just to...