{"id":370399,"date":"2021-11-21T15:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T12:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/can-i-skip-the-office-holiday-party-due-to-covid-concerns\/"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T12:51:35","slug":"can-i-skip-the-office-holiday-party-due-to-covid-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/can-i-skip-the-office-holiday-party-due-to-covid-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"#Can I skip the office holiday party due to COVID concerns?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Can I skip the office holiday party due to COVID concerns?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s the dreaded holiday party season. My company came back to the office a few weeks ago, and they are actually planning to hold a party. I struggled with having a good reason to avoid the party in past years, but would it be frowned upon to say I am uncomfortable attending because of COVID-19?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s crazy! (Not you \u2014 them!) I get stressed on behalf of all employees during a normal holiday season because I\u2019ve seen too many employees commit too many career-limiting or destroying moves during holiday parties. Employees have enough challenges to navigate under normal circumstances, making sure they are not crossing boundaries. So when you throw in music, an unlimited buffet and an open bar \u2014 well, I could write a book. You don\u2019t have to embarrass your employer for making a bad decision to move forward with a party at this time, but you can gracefully, quietly bow out without fear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019m expecting a year-end bonus, but I have another job offer that I want to accept. If I resign, but give a notice date after the date bonuses are supposed to be paid, am I still entitled to my bonus?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That depends on so many factors and it varies by state, type of work, your company\u2019s policy on bonuses, notice periods and so on. Sales commissions are often earned and have to be laid out whenever anyone leaves, regardless of when that is.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/at_work.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Many factors play a role in your ability to receive a work bonus following resignation.\" class=\"wp-image-20220490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/at_work.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/at_work.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/at_work.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Many factors play a role in your ability to receive a work bonus following resignation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some bonus plans say that you have to be employed at the time bonuses are paid to be eligible. Remember that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly most employers don\u2019t have to accept an employee\u2019s notice period. You can give two weeks\u2019 notice or two months\u2019 notice, and your employer can make your last day of employment the day you notify them instead.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line: Before you resign, make sure you understand your company\u2019s policy so that there are no surprises.<\/p>\n<p><em>Gregory Giangrande has over 25 years of experience as a chief human resources executive. Hear Greg Weds. at 9:35 a.m. on<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/710wor.iheart.com\/featured\/len-berman-and-michael-riedel-in-the-morning\/\"> iHeartRadio 710 WOR with Len Berman and Michael Riedel.<\/a> E-mail: GoToGreg@NYPost.com. 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My company came back to the office a few weeks ago, and they are actually planning to hold a party. I struggled with having a good reason to avoid the party in past years, but would it be&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":370400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/party.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[119911,71736,71737,71738,81036],"class_list":["post-370399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-21-21","tag-at-work","tag-career-advice","tag-go-to-greg","tag-holiday-parties"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}