Work's Xmas Party Exclusion

janninew

chesky wrote: »

You wouldn't need a food allowance if you're always based in a school would you? They were talking about travelling to other parts of the country.

Unless you are always given a free lunch lunch why does travelling around make a difference? When we attend courses, training etc we still take our own food same as every other day when we based at our normal location.

Comms69

supersaver2 wrote: »

I’m a School worker and we don’t have food or drinks provided full stop no matter where you are. Certainly not for the staff Christmas party, not the best way to spend public funds in these current climates.

But how often do you go away with work?

Comms69

janninew wrote: »

Unless you are always given a free lunch lunch why does travelling around make a difference? When we attend courses, training etc we still take our own food same as every other day when we based at our normal location.

That's your choice. Travelling typically makes a difference because you will eat out rather than bring in a home cooked meal.


No different to hotel costs if I stay away the night.

F1F93

janninew wrote: »

Unless you are always given a free lunch lunch why does travelling around make a difference? When we attend courses, training etc we still take our own food same as every other day when we based at our normal location.

If you stay at home, you can provide your own lunch, as you would if you weren't at work.

If you stay in a hotel, how on earth are you supposed to prepare your lunch without utensils or a kitchen, keep it cool without a fridge etc?

Similarly how would you prepare dinner without a kitchen?

Hence you get a food allowance to cover the cost of eating out in a resteraunt whilst away on business. It's not just for when you are away, it's for when you are staying away from home overnight and therefore cannot provide yourself with food.

Vikipollard

JReacher1 wrote: »

That’s not true. You can be friends with your boss. I am god father to my senior managers son and two of the team that work for me are very good friends and we socialise a lot together.

The trick is understanding the difference between a professional and personal relationship.

In work we all act professionally and behave with the relevant level of respect to each other.

Outside of work we are just friends and dont really talk much about work.

Pollycat wrote: »

+1 to this ^^^^

I was very good friends with my last boss, I was witness at his wedding.
We had a great work relationship too.

I suspect the OP has a somewhat strained working relationship with this person who has organised the party.

zagfles wrote: »

+2. I can't believe in this day and age anyone has a problem socialising with their boss, we always have works dos where everyone is invited right up to senior management and they're always a great laugh.

A couple of years ago a senior manager got totally ratted and me and a colleague had to help him home, we never tire of reminding him at payrise time :rotfl:(in jest, obviously).

I've had some bosses who I wouldn't want on a do but same with other work colleagues, nothing to do with their position in the hierarchy.

I guess some people still work in environments like in the 70's where there's an "us and them" attitude and you call your boss "sir" or "ma'am" and they have the key to executive washroom etc...I feel sorry for anyone working somewhere like that.

+3 to the above!

18 years ago I worked for a haulage company where there was a definite them-and-us attitude. To combat that, my friend and I organised a night out with the managers in between Christmas and New Year. It was a fantastic night, and completely changed the dynamic, but never blurred the line between the personal and professional.

I now work in the public sector for the emergency services. Having been out with some of the most scarily intimidating (in work) senior management - and seen them sliding down a staircase totally spannered gave them a human side which actually helped with the working relationship, again without blurring the edges around roles and responsibilities.

Personally, I don't agree that anyone should be excluded, however, it does seem that it's a blanket no managers, and not personal at all to you.