Holiday gift for direct reports
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Anonymous
| I took a leadership role at a new company this year and it was strongly hinted that I should send a holiday gift to my managers. Apparently it has become an expectation based on previous owners culture. This is not company funded. This would be out of pocket. Any ideas for reasonable and appropriate gifts? |
Anonymous
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What's you salary and what's their salaries? Roughly.
Then I'll answer. |
Anonymous
| OP: my salary is $250 and they range between $120-190. |
Anonymous
| I would be annoyed that the company isn't funding it frankly. Your salary isn't crazy high and the company sounds cheap. |
Anonymous
| How many managers / direct reports would this be for? |
Anonymous
| I would definitely just ask whoever hinted and/or your lateral colleagues what they get. I think this is dumb but it’s probably best to do whatever everyone else is. |
Anonymous
| This is dumb and you shouldn't have to do it. Can you give time off? If so, do that and a heartfelt note of appreciation. |
Anonymous
I make 250 and have two direct reports making 130 and 90. I give them $1,000 and $500, respectively |
Anonymous
Lolll |
Anonymous
| Ask around. I give my directs about 100 dollars each at my current company. At my last company, I had a pretty close knit team and I did a lunch for everyone at a nice restaurant. |
Anonymous
| Ugh, what a dumb tradition. Just more work. I agree that you can ask what the previous person did. |
Anonymous
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$25 gift cards to Starbucks.
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Anonymous
Oh please. |
Anonymous
| I make $180k and got my team of 12 a $20 bottle of champagne each. I was able to get a case discount. |
Anonymous
| Last year I did 100 bucks a person for gift cards because I had a smaller team. This year, I did a pick your own gift thing that ended up being about 70 bucks a person. Most people took a bottle of wine. |