When you are looking for gift ideas for coworkers, you can often wait until the very last minute, and still come up with something great. Sure, you want to get your coworker something thoughtful, but it is not like they can keep you from your promotion or make your life too miserable, if you fail horribly. The rules all change when you are shopping for your boss. It can’t be too over-the-top, but your gift shouldn’t be shadowed by others either. If you are already thinking about Bosses Day 2013, gift ideas are likely on your mind. Fortunately, you are giving yourself plenty of time to properly prepare, so your gift won’t look like a rushed afterthought.
How to Choose a Gift for Manager
Shopping for a boss can be pretty exhausting. Seriously, this is one of those tasks that must be done online with a stiff drink in hand, because walking aimlessly around a mall is going to do nothing but stress you out even further. Shopping for a gift for coworkers is one thing, but a boss is an entirely different story. This person can essentially make your life miserable, if they don’t already. If you are reading and stuck for ideas, this should help you figure out how to choose a gift for manager. [Read more…]
Christmas Gift for Boss Ideas
As if shopping for a gift for coworker is not challenging enough, trying to decide what to buy for a boss is usually enough to cause a panic attack. There is a fine line here between what is appropriate and what’s not, and what looks like you’re buying your next promotion and what makes you look like maybe you don’t deserve that raise after all. What do you get someone you likely know little about? What do you get someone who has forced you to take your aggression out on your punching bag a little too often? Although this can be a stressful purchase, you will find the following Christmas gift for boss ideas to be very helpful. [Read more…]
11 Homemade Gifts for Coworkers
Before you read that title and start getting excited about clearing all those old latch-hook rugs or paint-by-number pictures out to give as gifts, you need to think long and hard about your actions. Homemade gifts for coworkers do not mean all the failed craft projects that you can’t figure out what to do with, yet the pack rat in you just can’t seem to throw them away.
If your gift for coworkers is homemade, it needs to be something you would actually like to receive yourself. If you are still trying to rationalize giving that latch-hook with the turtle on it, and arguing with your subconscious that you would be thrilled to receive it, then you probably need more help than even I can offer. Whether it”s homemade Christmas gifts or a ‘just-because’ gift, here are several ideas you make yourself. [Read more…]