Organizing a firm holiday event that’s focused on getting accounts to give back and do some charity for the community. Y’all...leadership told me to budget food at $30k. You gotta be joking smh 🤦🏻‍♀️

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I think you all are missing the point. OP is saying the firm is pouring $ into a holiday event instead of giving back. From what I know Deloitte has many corporate citizenship programs that address giving back. The holiday party is a good way to give back to the employees as high morale is best for the company and keeps people motivated thereby keeping performance high.

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They should use that money to do dinner service for those people in needs , such as meals on wheels

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How many people? Catered events costs are ridiculous. It’s like $7 a shrimp. Plus bar. I can see $30k going very fast. Leadership isn’t that off if they were going with a standard budget.

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OP - Can you think of a way to leverage that $30k to make an even bigger impact for a cause (or causes)? Using the money to purchase very nice silent auction items or sponsor a raffle are examples. Take ~$15k and turn it into $30k for a good cause.

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I had another idea while out on a run - what about holding a competition amongst accounts to see who can raise the most $$ for a given cause? The winning account gets a bomb a$$ prize or event paid out of the budget, and the winner is announced at the holiday party. That could generate >$30k in social impact if participation is high.

What did you think consulting was real work? Plan that party! 30k should be bomb, must be a ton of people

That’s legit wedding territory

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