Office Christmas PartiesMy office this year is having Christmas lunch. In the office. On some desks we are going to clear the monitors off. The computers underneath will keep running as we are behind on some deadlines and need to keep rendering.
OK, so some people aren't getting anything, but how Scrooge-like are your bosses when it comes to Christmas?
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chthonic, Thu 16 Dec 2004, 14:42)
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The English are mentalok ok so I dont mean that to every English person, in fact most of you are dead on. But your country must have factories churning out analy retentive managers and since 1996 I encounter one each year in my watermeloning jobs!
It all started in Sainsbury's in N.Ireland, we are rather laid back over there but things get done. Couldnt tell that to the english managers though, oh no! they got so worked up at our 'lacking interest in touching base with the customers' or our 'Lacking skills in shopfloor assistance' (shelf packing!) they cancelled our X-mas bonus! watermeloners!
The next year however at the x-mas dinner they felt guilty at depriving us of our £100 they gave us an extra 15 MINUTES FOR LUNCH!!!!! that really made it all worth while. cranberrys. Stuff like that went on for over 6 years. Cancelling x-mas bonuses or firing people on x-mas eve was my personal favourite. Our manager who was from south london fired all the temp staff at 4PM x-mas eve. Nice eh?
There was one however who was dead on, about 2 years ago I worked in a bingo hall and the manager gave me a £50 bonus. Turns out he was stealing thousands from the till though! Ha ha! good lad! (not that i condone stealing from the till but if someone else wants to steal it then give it to you, hey who cares!)
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Bamboo Steamer, Thu 16 Dec 2004, 22:14,
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