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Holiday Parties for the Unemployed
Fo
r once you get to lord it over the Goldman Sachs suckers, my unemployed friends. Sure, they’re getting record bonuses this year, but do they get a holiday bash? Uh-uh.
Meanwhile, around the country, people are organizing company parties for the company-less. (In case you missed seeing your co-workers get drunk in totally inappropriate clothing choices and then clumsily grope each other.)
Tonight, Out of Work Chicago is holding a holiday party for laid-off peeps at the AON building. A Portland, Ore. event next Friday features (of course) a band.
In New York,Redemption Bar and Grill is throwing a party on Dec. 14 for “hardworking New Yorkers who’ve been ‘scrooged’ out of their company holiday party. ” It’s clearly not meant for the jobless, though, since the Effen Holiday Punch is $12.
Finally, in case you’re still going to a company party—say, your spouse’s, WalletPop has a guide for how to be unemployed and awesome.
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people really still Extravagant office holiday parties? Savonarola. Unexpected expensive gifts? Those days are gone for now. Workplace gift exchanges among employees? This year, not so much.Glass door released the findings from its holiday workplace survey today which highlights how those employed, affected by layoffs or other cost-cutting measures, and unemployed plan to tackle gifts, parties, travel and all that the season brings with it. As part of the Glass door survey of more than 2,250 people, we wanted to find out:
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