Further Thoughts: The Time for Giving (to your Secretary/Administrative Staff)
Last week, we posted an open thread to discuss end-of-the-year gift giving to your secretary and/or paralegal. We’ve waded through the many comments to fish out some points of consensus.
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In case comments are not indicative of general trends, here are some polls to see what your peers are doing. New York is its own world, and gets its own poll:
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And what about the trend across the rest of the country?
One commenter says that even if you have a bad secretary, “one of those ‘can’t make a copy’ people,” associates should still give a small gift, but should not feel obligated to give a hefty cash bonus.
More polls — about who you are giving to, and how to handle gift-giving if you’ve changed secretaries — after the jump.
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Quite a few people faced this dilemma:
What should I do if I had a different secretary for most of the year and just got mine in the last month or so (I did not change firms, just got reassigned a new secretary). Should I split the gift between both, or just give it to the new one?
Finally, if you are giving cash, what’s the protocol?
Earlier: Open Thread: The Time for Giving (to your Secretary/Administrative Staff)