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Hollis says
Cross-posting from the regular site because this is probably the right audience: I’m a law firm partner and my main associate is having a baby this summer. I think we should do something for her to celebrate – what would hit the right celebratory tone without requiring people to feel like they need to buy gifts, etc.? Should I just ask the partners to contribute toward a gift and buy something (a gift card maybe) on behalf of the group and we all go out to lunch somewhere? One wrinkle is that we are part of two different groups at the firm – together only about 10 lawyers total. Also, FWIW, we have no recent precedent for this since we are all laterals and we either had kids before joining, or are happily without kids.
Sabba says
You will get more traffic posting tomorrow morning on this site . . . that said, my practice group went in on a very generous baby gift and sent a card and took me to lunch. I felt very appreciated and even just one of those things would have been nice, much less a gift, card and meal.
Anon in NOVA says
A nice card with a gift card to somewhere she has registered would be much appreciated I’m sure. Keep the card signing separate from having to give cash, if that makes sense. Then people can write a kind message without feeling pressured to donate. As Sabba said, you’ll get more traffic if you post when today’s post comes up.