Work Xmas goodies. Shitty or Amazeballs.

Yeah. Tough times and I'm happy to still have a job. But when my boss knows I like ale and have given him bottles of my homebrew I get this...

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Wow. Can't you swap it for something else? Like a Double Decker. Or maybe a Salted Caramel Twix?

Mull it. It'll taste like sick but at least it's festive then.

Box of posh chocolates and a bottle of fizz to be enjoyed during the online escape room we did as a team; I quite like my colleagues, so all good fun.

Genuinely lol’d.

Did you at least win Premier League prizes?

Just enjoyed reading through all the contributions on the other thread.

Our place usually has a bottle raffle. In previous years the bottles were bought for us by customers and this was the the way the company divided them. The raffle is rigged so that all the managers get the decent stuff, e.g. bottles of whisky. None of them like whisky though, so they Google them and say stuff like ''Oh this one is meant to be pretty good, I will have to give it to the in-laws or something haha''. Meanwhile the rest of us get fobbed off with bottles of red or white wine with an average value of GBP 3.

Sometimes customers buy presents directly for staff and when that happens you can keep the gift as long as it is valued at less than a certain amount, but you have to forfeit your place in the bottle raffle. I got a crate of Stella last year from a customer so decided to stick instead of twist.

We usually get a tub of Celebrations/Quality Streets from our Manager to be shared on each desk of approximately six staff members. The Manager then comes and helps themselves to this tub throughout the festive period.

Sometimes the supervisors give presents to their staff but usually something smaller like some chocolate or some beers.

We also get stuff like calendars, pens, rulers, diaries, mugs, power-banks, first aid kits, drinks coasters, mouse-mats and assorted corporate shite from suppliers on a bit of a free-for-all/scramble basis.

Christmas parties, sometimes paid for, sometimes partially subsidized, always awful.

This year has been different and we have actually done really well (especially so looking at other forumers). Chocolate, beer, cash, vouchers, offers to cover food and drink up to the value of GBP 15 if you joined in the Virtual Christmas Meeting and sent the company your receipts. Although I couldn't stomach the last one myself.

Some of my colleagues have received some insane gifts from customers. E.g. a few colleagues received bottles of Lagavulin 16 and some received bottles of Hendricks. Again, the people who received the whisky don't like whisky so I am in negotiations with them.

I should really be more grateful for what I have received instead of coveting my colleague's goods. I really like whisky though...

Reposting Roboto's excellent meme after that.

In a similar theme, a few years back I saved a guy’s full-sus mtb frame from Certain Death by managing to re-cut his BB shell. He was well chuffed, and an hour or so later after consulting with The Guys, he came back with a 12-pack of John Smiths.

When I left that place a year or so later, it was still in the fridge.

Right. Who wants my cheese?
I received the “loads of cheese” aka this.
I try to eat vegan where possible but I was going to make an exception for this however they said it wasn’t possible to ensure they’re all vegetarian and as it happens 4/5 cheeses are not so I haven’t touched any of them.
Been in the fridge since arriving on Wednesday
Free fancy cheese to anyone who wants to get it from Putney

No takers for a fancy cheese box?
Contact free collection SW15

Sure, I’ll take it it’s available.

I'll take the cheese!

PMed

Pipped in the PMs

Cool cool 👍

I got a flu jab voucher.

I got a lapel pin and a card with the boss's signature preprinted.

This is the third Christmas in a row that they have taken our measurements for embroidered parkas with company logo, told us they were due any day now, and then cancelled.

I got called into the GM's office and thought I was going to get a dressing down for wearing casual on the last day of work, only to be greeted by the GM in casual clothes..there was a bit of banter, then thanked for my work throughout the year and handed an envelope containing 1k cash.
We'll chuffed

Good for you ! WOW

Nice one!

Got a surprise bottle of Campari (I love it so it's great) from one of my workmates I've helped out with cover a lot for this year which was lovely of them.

I got an email from HR wishing me a Happy Xmas.

Worst work gift in ever got was when I left a care worker job I had at a 'The Priory' autism centre. I didn't open it in front of the other staff as I had a feeling it would be bad. When I got home I found it was a Little Britain toy figure of 'the only gay in the village'. The care home was in a small west county village, I was the only employee that hadn't lived locally all their lives and they thought I was gay which was apparently a source of amusement to them. How I laughed.

Charmers

So this year, without celebrating a company wide black tie event at a funky venue. We have instead each received a handful of our own selected goodies from booni box with this rather smart jute bag, and a healthy donation per member of staff to shelter.

https://www.booni.co.uk/

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I received a bottle of Bollinger, sourced from this fine forum. Then again, I get on well with my employer, even if he looks a complete twat every time I look at the mirror.

I work for an American company. Got an email sent to a DL I'm a member of yesterday saying we can buy something to 'make our workspace nicer' I. E. A lamp, an art print, some headphones etc. to the value of $75 and expense it

I replied and asked if it applies to UK workers

She's recalled the message. Guess not.