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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: office holiday parties
My office has a mid-week, mid-day event in December.
His office has an event in March - so as to not favor any one religion over another and/or conflict with anyone's holiday travel.
My old job had a party during the workday (3-6ish) but because my office had public phone queues we could only go for a half hour each. :P There was light food, beer/wine, and raffle prizes (which you had to be present to win, needless to say I never got one!) Once upon a time it did extend into after-hours and there was dancing, music and SO's could come but that was about a decade ago now.
DH's boss throws a holiday party for his staff at his MANSION in DC. There are well over 100 guests when you add in spouses, full bar, food, valet parking, receiving line to say hello to him and his wife, It's seriously the craziest thing I've ever seen. I went last year for the first time (about ready to pop) and can't wait to go this year now that I can take advantage of the booze.
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DH and I are both at new jobs, so I don't really know what our parties will be like this year. I know mine is during the workday, and we do some sort of outing (we only have 5 full time people and 1 part time person).
DH thinks that his is just a pot luck or something during the workday.
When we were in DC, my job had a nice dinner out, just staff. DH's had an evening cocktail party at a restaurant.
Our best parties were when we lived in Oklahoma. My first job there had a huge, over the top party - tons of food, open bar, DJ & dancing, door prizes, a photographer - to which spouses were invited. My other job had a nice dinner, sometimes at a client's restaurant, to which spouses were invited but it wasn't as over the top as at my first job (it was also a much smaller company). DH's company had big parties at a hotel. I kind of miss those, because it was an excuse to dress up!
Dear LJW,
My employers are a toddler tyrant and an infant. It's a party with liquid, but you don't need a taxi afterwards.
Shirking work,
kewliegirl
We have a very formal one in the evening (this year on a Wednesday) with our clients, buffet stations, and open bar. SO's are not invited.
Right around Christmas we do a lunch, with all employees, during the day that the company pays for. SO's are not invited to this either.
My husband's company will occassionally (has happened 3 times in 6 years) take everyone and their SO's out to a nice dinner.
our group usually does a pot luck and white elephant gift exchange (during a long meeting), which is optional, but the company does a part catered workday party near Christmas. Then they have a fancy dinner/dance in January on a Fri/Sat night where SOs are invited (not kids). We have a summer picnic where there is a lot of stuff for kids to do.
I would probably be offended about paying to go to that party!