Corporate Christmas Gifts
Discussion
I seem to use this place as market research an awful lot as there is such a range of people here.
This is the latest one.
Christmas (don't shoot me...I'm getting organised here!)
For those who sort out the Christmas gifts for clients/suppliers and who ever else receives something, what is the average spend (and what sort of company do you work for?) and what kind of things are given?
Is it usually individual gifts, something for a whole team or department or something else?
Thanks
(yes, am plotting again..)
This is the latest one.
Christmas (don't shoot me...I'm getting organised here!)
For those who sort out the Christmas gifts for clients/suppliers and who ever else receives something, what is the average spend (and what sort of company do you work for?) and what kind of things are given?
Is it usually individual gifts, something for a whole team or department or something else?
Thanks
(yes, am plotting again..)
We do it very sparingly only for clients who have been references for us.
We don't allow employees to accept gifts from suppliers, any that arrive are pooled and we hold a raffle at Christmas and distribute them that way. Two reasons for that, the first is that I don't want people to be influenced to use a supplier by the quality of the gift, the other is that it causes bad feeling with the people who aren't customer/supplier facing.
We don't allow employees to accept gifts from suppliers, any that arrive are pooled and we hold a raffle at Christmas and distribute them that way. Two reasons for that, the first is that I don't want people to be influenced to use a supplier by the quality of the gift, the other is that it causes bad feeling with the people who aren't customer/supplier facing.
GeraldSmith said:
We do it very sparingly only for clients who have been references for us.
We don't allow employees to accept gifts from suppliers, any that arrive are pooled and we hold a raffle at Christmas and distribute them that way. Two reasons for that, the first is that I don't want people to be influenced to use a supplier by the quality of the gift, the other is that it causes bad feeling with the people who aren't customer/supplier facing.
I have a few clients who do similar, however with one in particular the whole "christmas raffle" has become a bit of a pain, the buyers will actually phone up and ask you for your "contribution" to the raffle and saying "sorry we don't do corporate gifts" is simply not acceptable, neither is a simple bottle of wine. They actively expect things like TV's, stereo systems, laptops etc so what was put in place with the best of intentions has morphed into a royal PITA.We don't allow employees to accept gifts from suppliers, any that arrive are pooled and we hold a raffle at Christmas and distribute them that way. Two reasons for that, the first is that I don't want people to be influenced to use a supplier by the quality of the gift, the other is that it causes bad feeling with the people who aren't customer/supplier facing.
littlegreenfairy said:
Well that's given me things to think about.
What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
The last place I worked at,I got a couple of bottles of wine, or a free Christmas do! As it was a 24/7 operation, there would always be some who couldn't goto the do, so they got the wine. Usually reasonable bottles as well.What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
I normally get a bottle from my immediate boss at christmas, and although it was for the work done during the year, it normally comes out of his own pocket.
littlegreenfairy said:
Well that's given me things to think about.
What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
The last place I worked at,I got a couple of bottles of wine, or a free Christmas do! As it was a 24/7 operation, there would always be some who couldn't goto the do, so they got the wine. Usually reasonable bottles as well.What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
I normally get a bottle from my immediate boss at christmas, and although it was for the work done during the year, it normally comes out of his own pocket.
We dont tend to get any gifts from my employer due mainly to the size of the company but our department heads usualy find some money to spend on a fuddle for us all at christmas. It would be a nice gesture but its management that go out and spend it for us and they usualy either buy crap nobody wants to eat or dont get enough to go around.
As I work on nights, my shift seems to be treated as seperate entity and we often get forgoten about. But we go it alone and sort our own little treats out and its becoming quite obvious we are the most jolly shift in the place.
As I work on nights, my shift seems to be treated as seperate entity and we often get forgoten about. But we go it alone and sort our own little treats out and its becoming quite obvious we are the most jolly shift in the place.
We have a profit share scheme that pays out in November, on the basis that it is the time most people would value the extra money. No gifts other than the raffle of things we have been given although we generally buy in a bit more to make sure that everyone walks home with something.
We don't have a Christmas party, it became more of a burden than a pleasure, something always happens and with the law saying that it is an extension of the workplace if anyone offends anyone else it becomes the companies problem to sort out. Instead we pay for each department head to take their staff out to lunch in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
We don't have a Christmas party, it became more of a burden than a pleasure, something always happens and with the law saying that it is an extension of the workplace if anyone offends anyone else it becomes the companies problem to sort out. Instead we pay for each department head to take their staff out to lunch in the weeks leading up to Christmas.
king annoying in a small company if 3 of the 5 staff are customer/ supplier facing so get the gifts, which one hides in their office till the holidays start. The others put the bottles in so they could be shared out fairly. littlegreenfairy said:
Well that's given me things to think about.
What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
When I worked in aerospace, we got a turkey each year. Didn't get anything at B&Q or Asda, and the pop factory that my other half worked at gave them all a stack of treats last year (It was like 4 or 5 boxes, with biscuits, sweets, cakes in all stacked in a tower, was actually quite nice.What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
Want me to rustle up a few pairs of cupcake earrings for you?
GPR13 said:
We dont tend to get any gifts from my employer due mainly to the size of the company but our department heads usualy find some money to spend on a fuddle for us all at christmas.
Is it a small company?In my experience, the bigger the company, the most consistent they are with gifts (also gifts when you have a birth, or a wedding).
The most consistent was the 10 000 people company I worked, and the one that never "did" gifts was the 5ppl company I worked. All the others seem to follow the same pattern -> more people -> more consistent.
speedchick said:
littlegreenfairy said:
Well that's given me things to think about.
What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
When I worked in aerospace, we got a turkey each year. Didn't get anything at B&Q or Asda, and the pop factory that my other half worked at gave them all a stack of treats last year (It was like 4 or 5 boxes, with biscuits, sweets, cakes in all stacked in a tower, was actually quite nice.What about staff gifts? Do employers usually give you/you give your staff anything?
Want me to rustle up a few pairs of cupcake earrings for you?
I have had a corporate order for Christmas puddings and was just wondering what the market might be like and whether it was worth looking into a bit further as there are loads of bits and pieces that could work quite well.
The stack of treats sounds quite good!
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