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Company Gift Time Again?
realratso asks: "So it's that time of year again... the holidays. Time to choose the 'company gift' for everyone in our small programming company. We've done all the stuff with the company logo- sweatshirts, t-shirts, travel bags, glasses, mugs, etc. It all seems so boring. Is there any gift which you have received at your workplace that was super-cool, not gender specific, and relatively inexpensive? Something that was really usable and worthwhile that you appreciated, but might not buy for yourself? Maybe a new techno-gadget? (and no, 'just money' is not a valid answer)"
Cute, cheap, teaches responsibility.
And It has the side benefit that next year the workers will hope you don't get them anything.
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www.kleinbottle.com is pretty cool, but I'm sure it's too expensive for what you want to do.
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Tickets to the Lord of the Rings movie?
One for the office. It's actually pretty cheap compared to big bonuses, it'll always be rememberd, and it's a great recruiting tool.
-- Ken Kinder ken@_nospam_kenkinder.com http://kenkinder.com/
I'd recommend a red Swingline stapler for everyone. Not only will it keep your employees happy, but it'll cut down on your fire insurance rates!
One was an unexpected paid day off:
Everyone was working on Monday already, Christmas was on Tuesday. The friday before, boss walks in, says everyone has monday off, fully paid, and took us out to lunch.
The other best gift was gift certificates to the restraunt of our choice, Boos just went around, asked everyone individually where they liked to eat out, and bought $30 gift certificates to that place with a card, and put them in a holiday mug.
Those keychain usb drives. They sell them with company logos on them too..
Great for taking home work, files you download in the office etc..