good office parties

[txsportsscribe]

so i'm checking jjobs and come across an ad for a managing editor of a small texas weekly. the pay was insulting enough at $26k-$28k until i see this little tidbit that i guess they're listing as a fringe benefit:

"We also have good office parties."

huh, so that's what we've all been missing out on as the industry continues to go down. are they serious? they're going to get a quality hire despite the lousy pay simply because they have good office parties.

un-freaking-believable!

 

[cranberry]

You obviously haven't seen the publisher's wife.

 

[playthrough]

As opposed to "We have really awkward birthday/going-away/anniversary parties where everyone gathers in the break room Friday afternoons, stares at the floor while the boss spews three minutes of garbage and then flees back to their cubicles, cake in hand, faster than you can say 'happy birthday Iforgotyourname.' "

Not that I ever worked in offices like that.

 

[txsportsscribe]

As opposed to "We have really awkward birthday/going-away/anniversary parties where everyone gathers in the break room Friday afternoons, stares at the floor while the boss spews three minutes of garbage and then flees back to their cubicles, cake in hand, faster than you can say 'happy birthday Iforgotyourname.' "

Not that I ever worked in offices like that.

gawd i hate those. always try to disappear on my birthday.

 

[spaceman]

mmmmmmmmmm, cake

 

[TheMethod]

$26-28k for a managing editor? Yeesh. I know it's a weekly, but that blows me away. Scaling that to what the people at my shop make, I'm guessing the reporters at this weekly make about $10,000 per year.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Paging Cosmo...

 

[mustangj17]

Launch party, I thought it said lunch party.

 

[Billy Pritchard]

Maybe you could just change the U into an A.
Then it would say lanch party, Kevin. Would it really be better if it said lanch party?

Ohh, lunch party.
It's supposed to say launch!
Okay, wow! Easy, booster seat, nobody cares about this party anyway.

 

[EE94]

"Get well, get well soon. We hope you will get well."

 

[Overrated]

So, either there is no drug test, or these people are liars.

 

[Bullwinkle]

The party doesn't start until the publisher yells...

"$10,000 raise for everyone!"

 

[mike311gd]

"I'm giving you a raise!"

 

[Trey Beamon]

Fireworks and a wedding proposal usually does the trick.

 

[Billy Pritchard]

"I'm giving you a raise!"

That's what she said.

 

[StaggerLee]

As opposed to "We have really awkward birthday/going-away/anniversary parties where everyone gathers in the break room Friday afternoons, stares at the floor while the boss spews three minutes of garbage and then flees back to their cubicles, cake in hand, faster than you can say 'happy birthday Iforgotyourname.' "

Not that I ever worked in offices like that.

You're lucky if you still have parties celebrating employee birthdays or anniversaries. These days, the only gatherings we have are when people are leaving and it's their last day or when the publisher herds us all up to tell us how great we're doing, but that times are tough and the person next to you may not be with us tomorrow.

 

[Blue_Water]

We have someone leaving this week...lots of side wagers going on as to whether or not he'll get a goodbye cake. He's hoping not.

 

[MacDaddy]

As opposed to "We have really awkward birthday/going-away/anniversary parties where everyone gathers in the break room Friday afternoons, stares at the floor while the boss spews three minutes of garbage and then flees back to their cubicles, cake in hand, faster than you can say 'happy birthday Iforgotyourname.' "

Not that I ever worked in offices like that.

You're lucky if you still have parties celebrating employee birthdays or anniversaries. These days, the only gatherings we have are when people are leaving and it's their last day or when the publisher herds us all up to tell us how great we're doing, but that times are tough and the person next to you may not be with us tomorrow.

You're lucky if you have that -- at my last stop they stopped doing going-away gatherings because so many people were leaving.

 

[SoCalDude]

My place has bought so many cakes that they probably could have saved three jobs during the last layoff.

 

[PeteyPirate]

Any best office party stories?