The best, worst and weirdest corporate gifts employees have received

By Alyssa Place, This is my expertise
Published Updated 2 Min Read

A burlap sack filled with potatoes
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As the end of the year fast approaches, employers are trying to find just the right way to say thank you for a job well done. Yet many of them are missing the mark. 

Employee Benefit News asked employees for the best and worst gifts they’ve received from their employer during the holiday season. While gifts like cash and gift cards were appreciated, employees also liked when their bosses put a little more thought into the gifts they gave. 

“One of the worst gifts I’ve received was a Christmas stocking filled with potatoes, each individually wrapped in a biodegradable bag from my boss at that time. This unconventional present, while environmentally conscious and humorous, made me feel somewhat out of place. I ended up taking the potatoes home.” 

Read more: The corporate cafeteria is dead: Free, personalized lunch is the new office perk

Alyssa Place
Editor-in-chief

Alyssa Place is the editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News and has been with the team since 2019. Her work covers mental health, DEI, women at work, financial wellness, retirement and workplace … Read full bio


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