How to Buy a Group Gift for Co-Workers

When you work in a large office, buying a Christmas gift for each co-worker can get expensive in a hurry. The solution? Give a group gift instead. Read on to learn how.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Creativity

How to Buy a Group Gift for Co-Workers

1. Give the gift of food. Make a big tray of cookies for your co-workers to share or treat them to an entire lunch made by you. You can go as big or as small as you want when you give the gift of food.

2. Purchase nice hand soap and lotion for the office bathroom.

3. Replace a broken office item--coffee maker, stapler, hole punch--doesn't matter how big (or small) the item is, if it's something that's been missed.

4. Stock the break room with coffee, cocoa or cider.

5. Bring in a flower arrangement or plant to spruce up the office.

6. Donate money to a charity in your office's name.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember that a group gift doesn't have to be big to be well-received; so just spend what you can afford.
• Be sure to present your gift when all of your co-workers are around, so that everyone understands that this is your gift to the group as a whole.

[NorthernLight]

on 1/6/2009 I had just posted my experiences with office co-worker gift giving; and came upon your article. The Group Gift Giving is a nice way of saying happy holidays to all.