{"id":8281,"date":"2012-12-17T12:18:17","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T11:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/?p=8281"},"modified":"2012-12-17T12:18:17","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T11:18:17","slug":"the-cost-of-secret-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/business-advice-and-news\/the-cost-of-secret-santa","title":{"rendered":"The Cost of Secret Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Business Environment, a Serviced Office Provider that work with <a title=\"Easy Offices\" href=\"http:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/\">Easy Offices<\/a>, conducted a survey on UK office life and the highest spenders for the second year running are recruitment and marketing departments spending an average of &#126;5.80 on their office Secret Santa?<\/p>\n<p>The survey of more than 1,800 office workers showed that 53% of marketing staff and 44% of recruiters thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas party, seeing it as a great way to catch up with colleagues and get to know newer staff members.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst these departments enjoyed themselves, the survey also revealed that not everyone shares their enthusiasm for the annual office celebrations &#8211; almost 40% of charity workers said they only went to show their faces and didn&#8217;t stay long because they don&#8217;t enjoy socialising with work colleagues. Retailer staff were the most likely to avoid the party altogether: almost a quarter (24.8%) said they made an excuse so they didn&#8217;t have to go at all!<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the traditional &#8220;secret santa&#8220;, most workers were prepared to spend &#126;5.80 on their colleagues this year. Graduate trainees were the most generous, with more than 25% being prepared to contribute over &#126;10, whilst more than 30% of construction workers and 25% of IT workers said they&#8217;d prefer to pay nothing at all.<\/p>\n<p>As well as enjoying the office party more than other professions, recruiters also topped the list of online Christmas shoppers. More than 30% said they planned to spend three hours a week online, using it for the majority of their festive purchases. Whilst 63% of all office workers planned to do some Christmas shopping online this year, there were some notable exceptions &#8211; 64% of travel and leisure workers and 56% of people in retail jobs were not intending to do any online shopping this Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also provided some interesting insights into how much time UK office workers spend on personal sites such as <a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Easy-Offices\/366496170106489\">Facebook<\/a>, <a title=\"Google+\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106860658867258889465\/posts\">Google+<\/a> and <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EasyOfficesBlog\">Twitter<\/a>. Almost half (46%) said that they spent less than half an hour on these sites, whilst 43% reported that most of their time was occupied with personal emails.<\/p>\n<p>Aurora&#8217;s marketing manager, Steve Moore who commissioned the survey commented: &#8220;We can see some very interesting insights into today&#8217;s office culture, particularly as we approach the festive season and the much discussed Christmas party. We run this survey every year and in this challenging economic environment it&#8217;s good to see people are still happy to splash out on a colleague&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>*Office Life Survey by ONEPOLL of 1,800 UK office workers in 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business Environment, a Serviced Office Provider that work with Easy Offices, conducted a survey on UK office life and the highest spenders for the second year running are recruitment and marketing departments spending an average of &#126;5.80 on their office Secret Santa? 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