Work holiday party poll

[Deleted]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do)

2. How late in the holiday season is it?

3. What day of the week is it?

4. What time does it start? What time will it end?

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited?

6. What kind of place is it at?

7. What is the dress code?

8. Will there be an afterparty?

9. Anything else of interest to share?


(This is provoked by a friend tweeting that she currently is at her office holiday party. At 3 pm on December 4).

[Deleted]

1. Yes
2. 12/11, the last day of classes
3. Tuesday
4. 5-8 pm
5. I don't think families are invited
6. It's at the dean's house
7. Probably a step up from business casual. I'll be wearing the same thing I wear to work that day.
8. I have a 35 mile commute. If I after-partied, I'd be sleeping on my coworker's couch on a Tuesday night. LOL
9. Some of my friends have already had office holiday parties. On December 1st!

[Susie]

1. Office, yes.
2. 12/14
3. Friday
4. Evening
5. Spouses/SO's yes, kids no.
6. Usually it's at a golf club.
7. Semi-formal.
8. No afterparty.
9. Nah. It's usually nice, but stuffy/boring.

[soozy87]

Dec 4, 2012 15:25:57 GMT -5 v said:

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do)
Yes.

2. How late in the holiday season is it?
Dec 7

3. What day of the week is it?
Friday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end?
3:00-5:00 p.m., but you can stay later if you want

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited?
No, and No.

6. What kind of place is it at?
A restuarant

7. What is the dress code?
work clothes, because it is during work hours, so we close the office and go out.

8. Will there be an afterparty?
Depends if people stay

9. Anything else of interest to share?


(This is provoked by a friend tweeting that she currently is at her office holiday party. At 3 pm on December 4). I feel your friend's pain.

[y4m]

Ours is this Saturday--but they have to fly many of us across the country for it, so I can see why they do it pretty early in the season. It will be an evening cocktail party with spouses (not kids) invited.

[ECB]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do)

Yes.

2. How late in the holiday season is it?

3. What day of the week is it?

4. What time does it start? What time will it end?

It's next Thursday from 12 - 4 in a fancy "conference" room in our building.

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited?

No.

6. What kind of place is it at?

See answer for 2 -4

7. What is the dress code?

Whatever we wore to work

8. Will there be an afterparty?

Ha ha ha ha. The party actually lasts only until about 2 then we all go back to our desks to work.....

9. Anything else of interest to share?

I hate it and actively try to find ways to avoid it. Our CIO talks for about 10 mins and it's an idiotic speech that is supposed to motivate us but comes across as pandering us. Then he goes to each of his DR's and says "do you have anything to add?" and we stand around for about a 1/2 hour listening to these people blather on w/ no real point or direction. All while watching the food get cold.

Next week, I have a job interview from 10 - 1, so I actually really may miss most of it. YAY me.

[madringal]

Dec 4, 2012 15:25:57 GMT -5 v said:

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do)

2. How late in the holiday season is it? Dec 14th

3. What day of the week is it? Fri night

4. What time does it start? 6;30 What time will it end? ??

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? no Are children invited? no

6. What kind of place is it at? bowling ally

7. What is the dress code? casual

8. Will there be an afterparty? no

9. Anything else of interest to share? nope!


(This is provoked by a friend tweeting that she currently is at her office holiday party. At 3 pm on December 4).

[glitzy07]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do) The head of my department hosts a holiday party at his home. The office does a holiday luncheon, sometimes on premise, sometimes off premise.

2. How late in the holiday season is it? The department party is usually one of the Saturdays in December, this year it was this past weekend. The office luncheon is on Monday the 17th.

3. What day of the week is it? See above.

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? The department party starts at 6pm and the ending time can vary. H and I left around 10pm, but apparently other people ended up staying until 1am. The luncheon is one hour over lunch.

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? Spouse is invited to the department party, not the lunch during the day. No children.

6. What kind of place is it at? My boss' huge home for the department party. Sometimes our big conference room for the office lunch, sometimes an off-site location like the arboretum in a meeting space.

7. What is the dress code? We did ugly Christmas sweater this year for the department party, but otherwise casual. The lunch is work attire.

8. Will there be an afterparty? Nope.

9. Anything else of interest to share? Our department party is a huge potluck where everyone brings something and there's lots of provided booze. The lunch is usually super cheesy and involves things like singing competitions.

[annael415]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? Yes, Office

2. How late in the holiday season is it? 12/13

3. What day of the week is it? Thursday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? During the work day, 3-5, sometimes people stay later at the bar

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? Nope, just employees

6. What kind of place is it at? Restaurant

7. What is the dress code? Business Casual

8. Will there be an afterparty? Sometimes a few people will go to a bar for a drink, most try to leave as early as possible.

9. Anything else of interest to share? Work for the Federal Government, they pay for the food, but its a cash bar.

[limey]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? Yes, small office.

2. How late in the holiday season is it? Mid Dec

3. What day of the week is it? Sat

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? 5 for cocktail hour, dinner at 6, usually done by 9ish

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? Spouse, no kids

6. What kind of place is it at? Always a high end restaurant, this year is a seafood place, about 70$ per head

7. What is the dress code? semi formal

8. Will there be an afterparty? no

9. Anything else of interest to share? Ours are pretty tame, actually.

[Deleted]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do) Just my office

2. How late in the holiday season is it? December 19

3. What day of the week is it? Wednesday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? It starts at 6 and I would imagine it will end at 10

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? Employees only.

6. What kind of place is it at? A somewhat trendyish restaurant near our office. I'm scared that it is going to be a seated dinner rather than a cocktail party. I have anxiety about getting stuck at a boring table.

7. What is the dress code? "Festive attire encouraged" which in the past has meant wear the same thing you wear every day.

8. Will there be an afterparty? Yes. That is always the best part.

9. Anything else of interest to share? I just got an email inviting me to an alumni event for my old firm on that same night. Now I'm really torn about how to split my time :-( (Particularly because they aren't all that near each other, and a dinner might be hard to slip away from)

[ladygrey]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? yes, it's for the entire organization (I work for a nonprofit)

2. How late in the holiday season is it? mid-December; on the 15th this year

3. What day of the week is it? Saturday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? 6-9 pm

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? spouses/SOs are welcome, but not kids

6. What kind of place is it at? it's always at a very interesting venue like a museum, gallery, or other historic place (mansion, history center, zoo/aquarium)

7. What is the dress code? business casual with holiday flair

8. Will there be an afterparty? no

9. Anything else of interest to share? it's always open bar - nice!

[fbf2006]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do)
My office does

2. How late in the holiday season is it? It's typically early. It's on Dec. 6th.

3. What day of the week is it? Thursday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? It starts at 6pm and I believe ends around 10. There is an after party afterwards.

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? No

6. What kind of place is it at? Nice restaurant. Bryant Park Grill. It's not a seated dinner, thank God!

7. What is the dress code? Whatever you wore to work that day. People tend to dress up a little more but it's not requireed.

8. Will there be an afterparty? Yes!

9. Anything else of interest to share? They are typically fun. People dance, even some partners.

[hockeywife]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do) Yes

2. How late in the holiday season is it? next weekend

3. What day of the week is it? Friday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? 7pm - 10/11?

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? spouse yes, but no kids

6. What kind of place is it at? typical wedding reception type place - it's pretty nice

7. What is the dress code? conservative cocktail dress

8. Will there be an afterparty? no

9. Anything else of interest to share? my boss split all associates and staff into teams and we have to do a "holiday themed skit" :-| FML

(This is provoked by a friend tweeting that she currently is at her office holiday party. At 3 pm on December 4).

[winnied]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do) Yes

2. How late in the holiday season is it? Next Friday

3. What day of the week is it? Friday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? 1-4 pm

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? No and no.

6. What kind of place is it at? A trendy restaurant, during the day

7. What is the dress code? Casual Friday

8. Will there be an afterparty? Yes, people will just stay at the restaurant all night

9. Anything else of interest to share? I'm bummed spouses and SOs aren't invited but whatcha gonna do.

[Deleted]

1. Yes

2. Last day of classes, 12/13

3. Thursday

4. 7pm, ends at 10 I think. I usually leave around 8:30/9
5. Yes & yes.

6. It's in our department floor.

7. It's a themed costume party usually, the students dress up, the staff/faculty usually does not. The faculty meeting is directly before it, so I'm usually more dressed up than usual.

8. The students always go out after. But I have a rule about going with students to a 2nd location, which is, don't do it.

9. The students host it, think up the theme and the 3rd years usually put on a performance that involves making fun of the faculty. Always fun.

[raangoli]

Am I the only one who doesn't have one? Or those that don't have one just aren't answering?

[Deleted]

fbf, Bryant Park Grill is probably a really neat venue during the winter!

[cookies]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do) - Yep

2. How late in the holiday season is it? It's next Wednesday

3. What day of the week is it? Wednesday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? 5-8ish

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? Nope

6. What kind of place is it at? It's a restaurant/bar

7. What is the dress code? We're all coming after work, so whatever we wear to work

8. Will there be an afterparty? Yes, people usually go nuts and barhop like crazy after

9. Anything else of interest to share? But not me, I'll take the bus home immediately after the party like a good girl.

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[Deleted]

DH's office throws a fancy nighttime adults-only shindig with seated dinner and open bar every year. It's always a big drunken fun time.

[Deleted]

Now I'm sad that I forgot to ask about dancing and general misbehavior. Oh well -- feel free to share about that stuff anyway

[kadams767]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do): Office, yes.

2. How late in the holiday season is it? I think it is next Friday, actually.

3. What day of the week is it? Friday or Saturday usually.

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? 7:00 start, ends whenever we stop drinking and leave

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? Yes to spouses and SOs; no kids

6. What kind of place is it at? Fancy restaurant

7. What is the dress code? Cocktail attire

8. Will there be an afterparty? Usually a bunch of us will head to a bar or something afterwards

9. Anything else of interest to share?

[egishere]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do) mine always does, DH is trying to put together a nice dinner for his team-he is a regional manager

2. How late in the holiday season is it? always early like 1st weekend of Dec

3. What day of the week is it? always on a friday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? 6pm-12am

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? you can bring one guest, no children

6. What kind of place is it at? usually at a hotel, this year it's at a baseball stadium

7. What is the dress code? cocktail

8. Will there be an afterparty? I doubt it

9. Anything else of interest to share? It's not unlimited booze, we get three drink tickets and then you can buy drinks after that. They give away tons of prizes lie iPads, gc's. Always have a band or dj and tons of food.


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[Deleted]

No party for grad school, but my boyfriend's firm's party is this weekend.

They have a cocktail hour, seated dinner at a popular steakhouse, then an after party at a trendy club. Cocktails start at 7pm - I'm not sure when it will end. SOs are invited and are apparently given nice gifts at the event!

Dress code was kind of unclear to me for women but men need jackets.

Don't make fun of me for answering for my boyfriend.

[glynn2009]

1. Yes
2. How late in the holiday season is it? 12/21 has been as late as 12/24

3. What day of the week is it? Last day worked, this year Friday

4. What time does it start? Lunch What time will it end? about 2 hours

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Yes Are children invited? Yes

6. What kind of place is it at? Our Office

7. What is the dress code? Work clothes

8. Will there be an afterparty? No

9. Anything else of interest to share? No

[UnderProtest]

I'll answer for both my previous job (before sah) and my husband's job.


1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do)

Yes, both of our jobs had parties.

2. How late in the holiday season is it?

Mine was mid December, somewhere around the second week of December. His is always the first Saturday of December (this year it was Dec. 1).

3. What day of the week is it?

Mine was Wednesday usually. His is always Saturday.

4. What time does it start? What time will it end?

Mine was after work so 5:30ish. His was 8pm.

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited?

Mine, no spouses or kids. His, spouses are invited.

6. What kind of place is it at?

Mine was always at the bar across the street. His is nice, sometimes a hotel, sometimes a country club, this year it was at a museum.

7. What is the dress code?

Mine was business casual since it was after work. His is "festive cocktail."

8. Will there be an afterparty?

No for both. His group sometimes has a preparty before the firm wide party.

9. Anything else of interest to share?

For the past couple years, his holiday party was in March. It was the only city that did that and was the laughingstock of the company.

[ssmjlm]

1. We have an organization holiday party and a division holiday luncheon

2. The Org party is 12/13 and Division one is 12/19

3. Thursday and Wednesday

4. Org party is 11:30-3:30 with mandatory fun required to go until 3:30. Division is just during our lunch period.

5. Spouses are invited, they rarely come to the organizational party b/c it's during the day!

6. Hotel in the area for org party. Restaurant for division lunch.

7. Work clothes

8. LOL no

9. I would for the government. An after hours party would never work. As it is, this year's party will have hardly any attendance b/c they want $35pp for it (and no alcohol). It's also a PITA b/c our Director makes us stay until 3:30 and then we "may" get released early. Needless to say I will not be going.

[Deleted]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do): Yes, my company has a party and my department VP is also hosting one at her home for our department and some other select people. DH's company also has a party.

2. How late in the holiday season is it? Company party is the 13, DH's company party is the 14, and my department party is the 15 (three days in a row? Yeesh.)

3. What day of the week is it? Company party is on a Thursday, the other two are Friday and Saturday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? Company party is during the workday, from 3-5pm. The timing has changed a bit over the years but it is always hosted at our conference center during the work day. The other two work parties in our lives are in the evening, not sure what time.

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? Company party - no, though this is the first year that is the case, in the past they were. Both DH's work party and my department party include spouses, no kids to my knowledge

6. What kind of place is it at? My company party is in our conference center here on campus. DH's party is at the Marriott, and my department party is at the VP's house.

7. What is the dress code? I'm currently stressing over this. At my company party, we wear regular work clothes. I am completely unsure about the other two. I don't think either is formal but I am guessing it should be more formal than jeans or regular work clothes (things like slacks and cardigans are typical work clothing for me)

8. Will there be an afterparty? Doubtful, though maybe for DH's party? My coworkers aren't really party types. Most are considerably older than me and nearly all have kids.

9. Anything else of interest to share? This is a weird year, in the past my old department didn't have a separate party and this is the first year DH worked at this company, so normally there are not 3 parties! I think it's going to be a fun but rough week.

[kittycatlove]

1. Does your office/department have a holiday party? (feel free to answer for both if they both do) - Yes

2. How late in the holiday season is it? - Usually mid-December

3. What day of the week is it? - Depends on the year, this year it's a Friday

4. What time does it start? What time will it end? - It's just lunch this year

5. Is your spouse/significant other invited? Are children invited? No, No

6. What kind of place is it at? - Steakhouse

7. What is the dress code? - Casual

8. Will there be an afterparty? - Nope, but we can leave after lunch and enjoy the rest of the day off

9. Anything else of interest to share?

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Dec 4, 2012 15:41:03 GMT -5 raangoli said:

Am I the only one who doesn't have one? Or those that don't have one just aren't answering?

We're not having one to my knowledge. We have a fund-raiser event next week, during work hours but that's not the same thing.