ReneeA
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I'm in a marketing department in the medical field, and we have ridiculous amounts of "parties" this time of year.
Our department is meeting at a high end bar Monday after work for dinner, drinks will be cash since my boss can't expense that. She picks up the first round though. I love my coworkers so it'll be a good time.
The 2 hospitals I work for each do a holiday party where they invite patients and families back for dinner and meet and greets with staff. It's nice since most of our population was ventilator/life support at one time, and they come back walking and talking to interact with staff. However, it's another 2 nights away from my family in December.
Then finally, the Case Managers that I work with in my assigned acute care hospitals have a holiday party amongst themselves at one of their homes. Catered, drinks, gift exchange. That one I like because they are so much fun and I'm very touched that they consider me part of their team, even though I'm just a "vendor". So I don't miss it since they don't invite any other non employees, and they look at me like one of them.
It does end up being way too much though! Too much time from my family, too much food and booze, too much money spent on gifts.
Our department is meeting at a high end bar Monday after work for dinner, drinks will be cash since my boss can't expense that. She picks up the first round though. I love my coworkers so it'll be a good time.
The 2 hospitals I work for each do a holiday party where they invite patients and families back for dinner and meet and greets with staff. It's nice since most of our population was ventilator/life support at one time, and they come back walking and talking to interact with staff. However, it's another 2 nights away from my family in December.
Then finally, the Case Managers that I work with in my assigned acute care hospitals have a holiday party amongst themselves at one of their homes. Catered, drinks, gift exchange. That one I like because they are so much fun and I'm very touched that they consider me part of their team, even though I'm just a "vendor". So I don't miss it since they don't invite any other non employees, and they look at me like one of them.
It does end up being way too much though! Too much time from my family, too much food and booze, too much money spent on gifts.