Our company is already a decade and a half. Every year we traditionally hold 3-4 corporate parties. On the 23rd of February, 8th of March, the birthday of the CFO, associated with the first day of summer, and, of course, the new year. Total, in the history of such events has accumulated at least fifty.
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Sometimes it was a simple affair in the office, and sometimes Banquet halls with our own theatrical productions. There were also paintball battles, which ended with several injuries and one fracture of the leg. There were trips to new year holidays in Turkey or Egypt with a ragged coral feet zealous bathers and layoffs after such visits people who confuse the concepts of "team spirit" and "team ethanol" under the influence of "fire water". There were also karaoke bars for our ladies on the 8th of March with preliminary limousine rides, and country pensions with a family departure for 2-3 days. Bowling tournaments, magicians, musicians, cafes, restaurants, the beaches of the Moscow river, and sometimes just an office get-togethers. Every time I had to wrestle with how to make the employees nice and memorable with a minimal budget. Unfortunately, the crisis has not been cancelled. So this time, I wanted to surprise our girls.
In General, I personally divide the concepts of team building and corporate party. Now it is very popular to conduct unusual corporate events. I conventionally, they are divided into several categories.
Thematic corporate events
The most common phenomenon today is a corporate party in the style of "The Great Gatsby" or "Western". It's fun, cool, stylish! And what pictures and then on memory. So I think mostly managers and executives. If only they could hear what ordinary employees think about it. The most common question is, " where do I get this whole outfit?". Renting of such outfits for one evening will cost the ordinary staffers with a salary of 125 dollars a week a lot of money. In Moscow to rent a themed costume for a day on the average $ 50 plus a security Deposit, which may several times exceed the cost of renting. So Bosses, make your own conclusions. In the end - provide employees with the opportunity to rent outfits at the corporate expense.
Culinary duel
Cooking class to the office, the lesson is a collective drawing or cutting out a jigsaw - it's all very new and definitely cool. Yes, that's only in the concept of an ordinary employee - a team building, not corporate. It is necessary to show themselves from the best side, do not forget to give in to the chiefs, strain the whole evening and still imitate the feeling of joy.
"And my husband at work all in Turkey were taken out for 4 days on an all-inclusive system! Here is the normal!"
Often, that is exactly what people thinking about it, especially when this kind of corporate event is being held during the weekend. This is the biggest injustice to hold a corporate event on Sunday evening, and Monday at 10 a.m. everyone in the office. You think nobody does that? Some chefs it seems important not to lose 3-4 working hours on Friday, because there may be lost sales. And the fact that after Sunday all through Monday corporate people are not able to work productively, they do not come to mind?
Corporate quest
Oh, yeah, and there are party choices, too. Hundreds of agencies offer to organize such services. On your territory and outside and anywhere. And costumes with props will provide professional actors and labor collective diversify. I agree, can be very interesting and even exciting. The main quest in all of this, "when this is all over" or "what about the Banquet."
Classic version
Many, not poor companies, adhere from year to year classics. A proven restaurant with good cuisine, live music and an improvised disco. Several tables around the perimeter of the hall. At first, everyone behaves modestly. They don't even drink alcohol until the chief says the first toast. Then the first break, after which the first ladies, usually older than 40 crawl on the dance floor with hit "I will survive". Usually it's the ladies from accounting dept. Sometimes they are joined by a human resources Department. After a couple minutes they start to support men, warehouse workers and security service. Classic corporate party. Usually ends way past midnight. Satisfied all, and even if the next morning they have a bad headache.
So this time we thought how this much-loved classics to give a touch of modernity and to shift away from the traditional feasts. It was decided to rent a small loft-style room with an equipped bar and a gorgeous view of evening Moscow. The highlight was the almost complete absence of seats. This is what did not allow the team to break into interest groups, as it happened, and to maintain full communication for as much as 7 hours.
Behind the bar was one of the leaders of the company, i.e. me. Rather, it was originally my idea. I always dreamed to try yourself in the role of bartender and fun honestly worked behind the counter at least six hours. One hour went to sing karaoke.
The team spent the whole evening near the bar. A lot of people wanted to take my place behind the bar while I was away from the microphone. I liked the idea and place to everyone, even to those who kept the post and not abused, neither meat nor alcohol. And yet, from our humble 60-meter loft was at the roof where the lovers harm the health, and not only they, could get some fresh frosty air and enjoy an evening of the Metropolitan landscape.
It turned out and unusual, and budget, but, most importantly, family mentally, and club fun. And even the head in the morning were noisy as any special pleasure.
In conclusion, I would like to congratulate all women once again on this holiday. May God grant you happiness, health, daily attention-loving men and that's such cool colleagues:
Just imagine, they stretched on a high-rise building greeting banner with photos of all employees!!! Even I, a passing stranger, there was a sense of celebration and pride for those men. Women, you are our most important asset in life!
Alexey
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