Dear All,
As of now, we have just celebrated two birthdays by sending a wish mail and giving gifts by collecting money from our employees. However, our director has not confirmed whether the company is going to contribute for the cake and snacks, so we couldn't cut the cake. One of the employees is of the opinion that we should celebrate by going out for lunch and cutting a cake. Otherwise, we should consider stopping this celebration. I am really confused. The director has not confirmed with me on the birthday celebration. Can anyone guide me, please?
Regards
From India, Bangalore
8As of now, we have just celebrated two birthdays by sending a wish mail and giving gifts by collecting money from our employees. However, our director has not confirmed whether the company is going to contribute for the cake and snacks, so we couldn't cut the cake. One of the employees is of the opinion that we should celebrate by going out for lunch and cutting a cake. Otherwise, we should consider stopping this celebration. I am really confused. The director has not confirmed with me on the birthday celebration. Can anyone guide me, please?
Regards
From India, Bangalore
Hi!
Birthday celebrations are held to motivate and boost the morale of an employee. Usually, small gestures can have a significant impact, even though many companies believe it adds to their costs.
If your director does not agree, do not ask again. You and your group of employees can organize and contribute to the celebrations. The respective department members can also pitch in and celebrate on their own.
Regards,
Bharghavi
From India, Bangalore
Birthday celebrations are held to motivate and boost the morale of an employee. Usually, small gestures can have a significant impact, even though many companies believe it adds to their costs.
If your director does not agree, do not ask again. You and your group of employees can organize and contribute to the celebrations. The respective department members can also pitch in and celebrate on their own.
Regards,
Bharghavi
From India, Bangalore
Thank you, Bharghavi.
It is not that he doesn't want to contribute; he is just busy with many schedules and is not able to respond to me regarding this. But being an HR professional, I just don't want to stop the celebration. Can you help me with a draft email to communicate to employees about voluntary contributions for birthdays without disclosing the fact that I didn't get any confirmation from management? I don't want to inform them that management is not confirming their contributions.
It would be great if you could help me with the mail format.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
From India, Bangalore
It is not that he doesn't want to contribute; he is just busy with many schedules and is not able to respond to me regarding this. But being an HR professional, I just don't want to stop the celebration. Can you help me with a draft email to communicate to employees about voluntary contributions for birthdays without disclosing the fact that I didn't get any confirmation from management? I don't want to inform them that management is not confirming their contributions.
It would be great if you could help me with the mail format.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
From India, Bangalore
Hi!
I think the below draft would help you:
"Dear All,
Birthday is an occasion that should be memorable for everyone. It is also a day that reminds us that we are getting older and older. To make this a special moment for our employees, we are glad to inform you that we will celebrate our employees' birthdays, starting from (insert date).
To achieve joy and capture the special moments of the celebrations, we request our employees to contribute wholeheartedly and support us. As the saying goes, 'When your purse is emptied, your heart gets filled,' we hope our employees will always support and encourage us."
Hope this meets your needs.
(Ice in the water... He He He!)
Regards, Bharghavi
From India, Bangalore
I think the below draft would help you:
"Dear All,
Birthday is an occasion that should be memorable for everyone. It is also a day that reminds us that we are getting older and older. To make this a special moment for our employees, we are glad to inform you that we will celebrate our employees' birthdays, starting from (insert date).
To achieve joy and capture the special moments of the celebrations, we request our employees to contribute wholeheartedly and support us. As the saying goes, 'When your purse is emptied, your heart gets filled,' we hope our employees will always support and encourage us."
Hope this meets your needs.
(Ice in the water... He He He!)
Regards, Bharghavi
From India, Bangalore
Please make a file note and send it to your director for approval. If he approves, then you can proceed with the company covering the cost. In the file note, you can also mention the estimated expenditure for the birthday celebration per employee. If he is not interested, he will likely contact you to discuss further or reject the file note without approval. At that point, you should halt the celebration. However, you can still send a greeting card to the employee on their birthday. Ensure that the greeting card is signed by the same director.
From India, Kumbakonam
From India, Kumbakonam
As per our IT person, we should celebrate by arranging lunch and other stuff. However, other employees have not given any response until now. As of now, they are contributing for the card and gift. But the IT person says we should celebrate in a joyful way; otherwise, we should stop this. Can you please suggest what things I can include in a file note?
Regards
From India, Bangalore
Regards
From India, Bangalore
If you go for lunch and other events, it will waste the office hours. You can make a note and place it on the notice board on a daily basis and instruct the staff to assemble at the Assembly point after the lunch hour. You can simply cut a cake, and it must be finished within 15 minutes. If it prolongs, then the work will get hampered. That might be the reason your director is not showing any interest in organizing the Birthday celebration. For a small gift and a Greeting Card, normally your director may not refuse. Please discuss with him personally and go through some file note and approval procedures.
From India, Kumbakonam
From India, Kumbakonam
Hii Bharghavi.D...I am agree with you...Birth day is the most special day for any body....
From India, Bangalore
From India, Bangalore
Hi, Just thought of sharing the celebration of birthdays in our company. We also celebrate birthdays of employees in our company. As an HR person, I have personal data wherein I keep a record of everyone's birthday. A day before the birthday, I place a birthday card beside the login register, and all employees either put their initials or some even write something in the card or just wish the birthday person (some even draw cute faces). This card is handed over to the employee on their birthday with a small birthday song at the beginning of the day, and by the afternoon, we just have an ice cream party (which is not expensive for the company). Hence, the cost is also not much, and time management is also taken care of.
From India, Ahmedabad
From India, Ahmedabad
In my organization, we do celebrate birthdays of employees, that too at the end of the month. The last working Saturday is fixed for this celebration. We have taken approval from management (fixed amount) for cakes, snacks, cold drinks, etc. We give the responsibility to different departments for organizing the get-together every month, and they also have to come up with games to keep the crowd engaged in the event. I hope this information shall be of any help to you.
From India, Mumbai
From India, Mumbai
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