Doing This at the Christmas Party Can Get You a Promotion next Year

It’s Christmas party season and for many it’s a time to get merry with a bunch of people you spend most of your day with and eat some great food.

For some it will be a chance to attempt (again) to kiss Lucy from accounts under the mistletoe or maybe ask Geoff out on a date.

However, many Christmas parties can end in a mess. We’ve all heard about broken photocopiers, romantic liaisons in the stationery cupboard and Trevor from accounts who gets drunk and decides to tell the boss just what he thinks.

But how can the party actually aid your promotion prospects? How can you turn everyone else’s misdemeanours to your advantage?

The key lies in the fact that everyone else will probably on a blow-out. Nearly all staff will be taking advantage of a free bar, free food and uninhibited chat between everyone else.

So how can you stay sober, stay lucid and not end up propositioning the MD?

Step one - plan ahead

The day before the party is a tough one. Nobody wants to work, they all want to pile down to the pub at lunch time to pre-load and many probably will.

Don’t be tempted. If you do, you’ll probably skip lunch so you need to make sure you eat.

Drinking on an empty stomach is asking for problems.

Make sure you have plenty to eat at lunch time to see you through the afternoon. It also means that all the pre-party drinks won’t go straight to your head.

Step two – drink water

No, no, no, I don’t mean all night! However, in between rounds, have a glass of water and drink it slowly.

This will help to slow down the alcohol a bit and help (although not stop) you from getting completely blind drunk.

Step three – eat well

Many people skip the buffet and just hang around the bar which is where all the problems start. Eat plenty of food before knocking back the sauce.

Step four – don’t stay until the end

At an office party decades ago, I left so I could catch a bus before the service stopped. I said my goodbyes and went home.

The next morning I went into the office. I was the first there. When people did come in, it was eerily quiet. Something was wrong.

It turned out that at midnight when the bar closed, some people didn’t think it was time to go home so they cause a mini-riot. Simply through the luck of living in an area with a poor bus service, I’d missed a huge fight!

The result? Well, I was a trainee at the company along with five others. The following year I was the only one taken on, coincidence you think?

IS THAT IT?

Seriously, it’s all to do with common sense (or availability of transport!) and making sure you don’t act like a buffoon on the night.

Oh wait, there is one tip I forgot…You’ve got a camera phone, yes?

Well when you see the boss canoodling with someone they shouldn’t be – get a photo, you never know, might come in handy when negotiating that pay rise!

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