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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Guy Clapperton

Tis the season to be stringent

A note from The Times tells me that eight out of 10 bosses are cancelling Christmas parties for the staff this year.

The reasons, for once, aren't financial - they're social. Staff indulge in binge drinking, they harrass each other and the following day everyone's useless and unproductive. OK, that's a generalisation, but you get the picture.

Time to 'fess up - any readers ever held a staff event and lived to regret it?

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