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Workplace Observation: At The Company Party Again

2010/12/25 17:36:00 74

Starting from the three week before Christmas, the local restaurants and entertainment establishments in Seattle begin to be overcrowded. If you don't make reservations in advance two months, you need to find a restaurant or entertainment place temporarily to host a party (dinner).

The reason is that most of the local companies like parties. By the end of the year, thanks to the party to thank employees for their contributions to the company in the past year, encouraging everyone's confidence in the company's future is regarded as the most appropriate way.

In the past few years, when the economy was booming, the company's party performances were spectacular.

Dozens of small companies usually pack a small restaurant, open bar, all the bands and singers.

Thousands of large companies will wrap up two floors of the entire theater or hotel to make everyone eat, drink and entertain.

Such parties usually invite family members to go together, but only adults, children are not allowed to enter.

All the party members were dressed up, men's suits and ladies' Tuxedo Dress ceremoniously formal.

Moreover, the company also arranges parking services specially for everyone to enjoy the treatment of VIP guests.

We go there every year.

Microsoft Corp

Year-end party

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In Seattle, Microsoft has more than forty thousand employees, and can not find a site to accommodate at the same time; therefore, the company lets every department (thousands of people or so) organize themselves.

I remember one year in Seattle's landmark building Space Needle top of the revolving restaurant, quite lively.

Not only are they rich in food, but also western style, Chinese, Japanese and India food, and all kinds of cocktails and wines are also available.

The band has already started playing, and the dance floor is ready.

In order to increase the sense of participation, there are many XBox game machines in your room. You can play at any time.

In addition, the company also invited professional magicians, they would like to shuttle in the middle of the crowd, in front of your eyes, let his hands disappear, and then re appear, you are stunned, but how can not see the flaw.

If you like gambling games, this is also a good opportunity, because there are several rooms that are free for you to play 21 points (Black Jack) or Texas Hold Em, and you don't have to pay for losing.

In addition to these, the company's other tradition is to invite professional photographers to take pictures of each of the couple who went to the party. At the end of the party, you can get a picture that is printed and loaded into frames.

Over the course of a year, these pictures have gradually become precious records and souvenirs in our lives.

Since October 2008, the US economy has been depressed, and many companies have begun to lay off workers.

At the end of the year, the party was still closed? Last year, a department of Microsoft announced the cancellation of the party in order to save money.

But I did not expect that when the news came out, the morale of everyone began to drop.

And when we were close to the employee satisfaction survey, we wrote out the dissatisfaction.

The department leaders were shocked and decided to resume the party at the end of the year to revive morale.

At this time, many venues have been rented, and finally found a very old open theater, although crowded, but also very delicious.

As far as I know, Chinese companies also have many holiday parties or new year's parties, but what's interesting is that I find it a good way to open a party.

Sino US company

Significant

difference

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At the Chinese company's evening party, the emphasis was on collective identity. Everyone was sitting in the same hall, the leader sitting on the stage, others sitting on the stage.

There is a formal start time for the party. After the time comes, let's start with a speech by the leader, make a brief summary, congratulate the staff who have achieved excellent results, award the prizes, and accept the awards. At the same time, everyone is eating, listening and applauding below.

After the leaders' speech, they began to perform arts and performances, usually by their own rehearsal programs, singing, dancing, comic dialogue, sketches and so on. Sometimes they also led the leaders to play a guest performance. The audience appreciated the applause when they were on the stage, and the whole party was full of enthusiasm.

And the American party is not the same.

At the end of the year, the emphasis is on personal relaxation and entertainment. As you know, the new choice is your choice, the entertainment variety is up to you, and you will have no problem at any time during the party's time.

What is particularly interesting is that the company leaders never speak. They take themselves as an ordinary member, shuttling through the crowd, chatting with this, and relaxing with that chatter for a moment.

Others enjoyed themselves, danced for a while, played games for a while, mixed up with these friends, then turned around and joined another group of people in the battle of tongue.

All in all, the whole party looks very disordered. You do yours, he is busy with him, but everyone can enjoy himself.