Tell me: what are you getting your co-workers for Christmas? Anything? Something small?
I manage a department with (5) mainly part-time workers, and I’ve been wanting to get them something for Christmas. One girl doesn’t eat really (another topic in itself; how to respond to that?), so a food gift was out, and that makes things harder. I had decided on Starbucks gift cards, boring but practical; someone recommended $10 would be much more professional than $5. So $50 was my department budget for Christmas gifts, and that was set.
Then Friday night I went to a Crate & Barrel outlet and found these super cool coffee cups in red and green colors. $1.95 each. I bought five–three green and two red. $10.41 total.
Now I’m planning to give each employee a mug with a $5 card, meaning I’ll spend a total of $35 for the department. Not bad at all.
I’m still trying to figure out how to handle everyone else. My boss? Other departments that I interact with? Pretty soon I’ll really just need to get something for everyone, so I’m wondering if I should bake cookies and put them in little packages.
Any thoughts?
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