Can You Tactfully Turn Down a Cheesy Company Gift & Ask For Cash Instead?
Let’s put it this way: No.
As per a piece in today’s New York Post, a reader celebrates his or her 10th anniversary at work with a plaque and catalogue to select a token gift worth $200.
The reader asks, “Would it be uncool to politely decline ordering anything, or to ask for the money instead?”
Gregory Giangrande, HR expert in the media industry, suggests not asking for the cash instead. “I wouldn’t be a total curmudgeon about it,” he says in the piece.
His
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