Are You Obligated to Give Your Co-Workers Gifts for the Holidays?
In the course of your job, you're likely to encounter your fair share of obligations, like buying magazines to support your colleague's son's baseball team, chipping in for the administrative assistant who recently had a baby, or sending flowers to the nice bookkeeper in accounting who's recovering from heart surgery. There's no question that working in an office can open the door to a host of unplanned expenses that wreak havoc on your budget and just plain stress you out. And with the holidays coming up, you may be wondering how on earth you're going to navigate gift-giving at work.
Are you obliged to purchase a gift for every member of your team? What about your boss? While there are no right or wrong answers when it comes to holiday gift-giving at work, here are a few basic guidelines for you to follow.
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