We have 25 people in the office; occasionally someone will bring in a cake for a friend's or the bosses birthday; but it seems like some people are always left out. Going out to lunch is not an option- office is remote.
The company itself is too cheap to do anything - any suggestions?
2006-07-30 11:39:00 · 7 answers · asked by fj2002 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
We have two people who are in charge of birthdays. We have a calendar of everyone's birthday- that way, no one gets left out. All we do is pass around a group card for everyone to sign. Then we have cake and ice cream. We sent out an employee survey to everyone ahead of time that includes questions like what is your favorite color, favorite type of cake, ice cream, etc. That way we know what kind to get. With 25 people, you might want to just have four parties a year- once a quarter. Get different cakes and ice creams so everyone's happy. You could collect $2 from everyone every two weeks or pay period (of course you would have to discuss it with everyone first and all agree). You could also do a potluck (where everyone brings a dish), if you want. Breakfast or lunch.
2006-07-30 11:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I worked in an office the last person who had the birthday would bring in a cake and buy a card, which we would then all sign, for the next person. That way it usually works out to be fair and everyone gets recognized. Then the cake is served in mid-afternoon and everyone gets together on break and sings Happy Birthday chats for about 15 minutes and then back to work. It is a nice little celebration and usually lifts everyones spirits. It is a good morale booster.
2006-07-30 18:44:25 · answer #2 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We usually do it per unit. For example, On of our CSP's Case managers just had a birthday party in the office. The CSP unit threw the party for her, so their unit was the only ones invited, after a half hour, they open up the refreshments and cake/candy to anyone in general. This is generally the normal method of operation for in-office parties. On occassion, a few people will get together and throw an intimate party, still no problem. On many occassions, we've met after hours and celebrated in town at a pre selected location.
Hope this helps :)
2006-07-30 18:49:31 · answer #3 · answered by WonderWoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my office, we have "official" birthday parties in house -- just cake and coffee-- when anyone has a birthday ending in zero. So if it's your 30th birthday, you get a cake. 35--no cake. Usually it's comes out of petty cash, but you could ask everyone to chip in. Of course, you have to know how old people are for this to work, and that could be a problem.
2006-07-30 18:44:01 · answer #4 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always kick in a couple bucks each the day before.Then a responsible person will go and purchase a card and a cake.Any left over money goes in a kitty fund, usually for Christmas or on the unfortunate event...someone dies, or flowers for the secretary on that day.
2006-07-30 18:47:27 · answer #5 · answered by ronchoward 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have everyone pitch in and get it catered by subway or boston market or something. i had 10 people in my office and whenever a birthday rolled around we alll just went out and got something to bring in for the party
2006-07-30 18:42:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people could bring in treats for their birthday, something simple, like cupcakes or bagels
2006-07-30 19:00:37 · answer #7 · answered by Dwight D J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋