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⌈ Secret Post #6917 ⌋

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Gift Giving

[(Anonymous)]

What are your opinions on giving and receiving gifts between employee and boss?

Do you expect your workplace or boss or coworkers to give you anything if you/they celebrate the holidays? Do you give gifts to coworkers? Do you think there should be any expectations?

My opinions on this matter is lengthy, so no need to read beyond this if you're not interested in my thoughts.

As an employee, I never expect a gift (not even a card), but am always grateful when I do get something from my boss. I've had some bosses who are more generous or thoughtful than others. I have no expectations.

Between coworkers, if I have someone I get along with well at work, I give them a card. If we're more friendly or are actual friends, I will gift them a small stocking stuffer item.

As a backup lead, I feel obligated to give the team members at least a card, but most times I can afford a small stocking stuffer (at minimum). For leads/backups/specialists on other shifts that have helped me (my 2 direct bosses), I usually give them a card.

Last year I only gave cards to the team members because I was trying to exercise not going above and beyond to prove I'm a good person. This year I'm returning to giving small gifts with the cards. Gift giving is a love language of mine, and I really appreciate a lot of people I work with.

I asked my mom if she expected anything from her bosses, she said she didn't, but she knows her workplace always throws a holiday meal. The food is usually good and the company usually provides a few gifts. But her direct bosses, she says she never expects anything.

Thought it was interesting and I wonder what other people's expectations are?

One of my friends says his workplace throws a huge office party and sometimes it leads to a huge dinner at an expensive restaurant. WFH employees don't get to participate unless they pay for their own plane tickets and accommodations to headquarters, nor do they get any sort of gift or early time off to make up for missing out. He got to experience the office parties for a couple years, and for the past two, he's been WFH.

My workplace doesn't throw an office party but I'd take work off or call in just to avoid the party.

Re: Gift Giving

[(Anonymous)]

Can't say I've ever expected anything purely for being an employee/coworker.

If someone expected a gift from me "because we're coworkers" I'd think they're weird, honestly

Re: Gift Giving

[(Anonymous)]

I work in a non-standard industry and it's pretty normal for a holiday/end of year bonus to be given. Often that's the equivalent of one weeks pay, but really can be any amount. Actual physical gifts are rarer.

Re: Gift Giving

[(Anonymous)]

I think that in general it’s flat out wrong for an employee to gift anything to their boss or anyone in their hierarchy. Other than that, it depends on the workplace.

Re: Gift Giving

[(Anonymous)]

My work place gives us a Christmas bonus. My boss, specifically, usually buys us little presents and takes us out to lunch as a team.

I choose to buy small things for my team. I got my boss a sassy calendar during the black friday sales. I hit up the dollar store for clear espresso mugs, which I've tied with ribbon and filled with a battery powered tea light and a couple of chocolates for the rest of the team. They'll get cards too.

But that's all my choice. I don't HAVE to do any of that. One of my teammates usually bakes for us, and the other buys like those three-packs of lindt chocolates. We have a new team member this year and she's been told that she doesn't have to do anything if she doesn't want to, in terms of gifts/cards/what not. It's not an expectation.

Re: Gift Giving

[(Anonymous)]

I've never worked in corporate spheres but my partner has. No one ever gave anyone gifts. NO ONE. They didn't even do cutesy secret santas or anything. And that was before the pandemic and remote work, now no one even sees each other to give enough of a shit to swap gifts.

In retail and small business, there's at least a 50/50 chance the immediate circle you're in will have enough of a friendly atmosphere that a secret santa or white elephant might be fun, but even back when I was a kid in the 80s I know neither of my parents' workplaces had anything like that. My dad was an accountant so I think I remember they had Ye Ole Company Party like in sitcoms but no actual gifting atmosphere or expectation. And that's in the upper midwest, where we like finding excuses for courtesy!

Re: Gift Giving

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think there should be any expectations of gift-giving in the workplace. Voluntary Secret Santas can be nice, depending on the participants. I like giving small gifts to people I'm close to, but I don't have that kind of relationship with most of my co-workers. Huge office parties or family parties for employees seems like such an old-fashioned thing to do, more common back when companies provided more benefits and people tended to stay in one place for longer - or maybe their entire career.

But if I were the boss and I had the money and discretion to do so, it'd be year end bonuses, personalized cards, and lunch is on me. I would not expect gifts in return because it'd feel wrong for people who probably earn a lot less than I do to be buying me presents. A homemade crafty type gift, a plate of cookies, a funny mug with some candy, that sort of thing would be more than enough, and I'd be touched. But I wouldn't expect it.

Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

A manager at work constantly wears this same lapel pin, it is a sword and shield (the sword is point down, behind the triangular shield) with the shield being sort of enamel coating and vertically split with half blue and half white. Is this some sort of covert hate symbol, or is he just a guy with weird taste in jewellery?

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

It could be a fraternity or other school thing?

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

I think it's more likely to be a sports team logo or a fandom reference than a hate symbol.

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

Could be for a video game or a sports team. What makes you jump to hate symbol?

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds a lot like either fraternity or lodge. And upside down sword and triangle could be a Knights of Pythias thing. Maybe a sports team or even a family coat of arms.
Hate symbol is very unlikely.

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

Ask him! If it's a fandom or a family history or SCA thing, he'll be happy to talk about it. There's so many things I would think of before a hate symbol.

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

That sounds like the Tennessee Titans logo.

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[paperghost]

"Hate symbol" is a bad faith conclusion to have. My first thought it might be video game or DnD related.
You can always ask, and if he skirts the subject, you can guess from there.

Re: Is this a hate symbol?

[(Anonymous)]

let me google that for you...

nope, all I get is a thousand generic sword and shield logos, not fandom related but also not obviously noted as being a symbol of anything. ANYTHING. The Tennessee Titans logo is blue with a sword but no shield and no white.

I'd guess school thing, sports thing, fraternity thing, or christian thing before I would guess any other meanings. Ironically, not even Pokemon Shield and Sword has that kind of logo so the likelihood of it being fandom is pretty small. You want answers? Snap a pic and do a reverse image search. Or fuckin ask him if you're prepared for the answer to be the symbol of his weird church promise for abstinence or something.

[(Anonymous)]

There's a piece of media that I like and a lot of people hate. I want to say that every time I see someone talk shit about it, I throw money at it. But there's no way to support the media directly, only the billionaire corporation that owns it. So my spite goes unresolved.

[(Anonymous)]

You could commission artists for fanart of it if you want to spend money on it without supporting the corporation?

[philstar22]

We really are dependent on the internet these days. Some idiot at AT&T cut our internet cable on friday and we've been without internet for two days. Just got it back. Yes, cell phones were sort of working, but their signal was pretty bad too.

[(Anonymous)]

Scary, isn’t it? At my house we don’t have cell coverage from a tower so we have a booster that runs off our internet. The electric company cut our line a few years ago and I had to raise hell to get it fixed in a timely manner. The internet provider was going to make me wait six weeks and charge me $800. Luckily we don’t have any smart home stuff but it’s impossible to live in society for long without going online.

[(Anonymous)]

We had no water and no power a little bit ago due to a city wide problem and it's always shocking how quickly you realize how much you depend on modern amenities.

Random Question Time

[(Anonymous)]

This is probably more of "I didn't know this was supposed to be common habit" thing. But I've enjoyed seeing posts of people with their plushies and I've sometimes they have pictures whey are cleaning them with soap and water. Or maybe they run it through the laundry machine I'm not sure.

But my stupid random question: if I have plushies, am I supposed to clean them? I don't mean as a spot clean; but llike I purchase them, it ships to me, I wash them. Like I always wash my clothes before wearing them.

If I am supposed to wash them, is it just simple soap and water? Dawn detergent and water? And let them air dry (which could take a while as my house is cold right now thank you winter).

Thank you!

When you have too many options so your brain chooses nothing

[(Anonymous)]

I am in that space where I have a million little things to do but my brain is overwhelmed with the idea of starting/choosing so instead I am doing nothing and browsing online. ADHD problems.

The really stupid cherry on top of the stupid brain sundae is that most of them are 'fun' chores. I have to finish a hat I am making for a holiday gift, I have to finish reading a book I'm in the middle of, I want to bake a pie and have all the ingredients ready for it, and then I have to wrap presents and do laundry which aren't as fun for me.

I'll get to them eventually, just gotta work through the brain goblins first.