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Subject:Re: OT:Gift for Boss? From:TechComm Dood <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:18:16 -0500
Right. Don't isolate your boss, and don't favor your boss over others
with a nicer gift.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:19:30 -0800, Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
>
> As a manager, I think it is inappropriate for an employee to give
> me a gift individually. If you're the sort who likes to buy little
> chocolate santas or bake cookies and leave something on
> everybody's desk in the office it's ok to include me along with
> everyone else, but no more than that. IMO, the only time it is
> appropriate to get your manager any more of a gift than that is
> if there's some sort of life event involved (wedding, birth, etc.),
> and then it would be best if it came from the entire team as a
> group rather than from individuals.
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