Christmas parties are the highlight of the year in many companies. Now they are threatening to hit an emotional low again.
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Dusseldorf It is one of the more creative solutions: At the end of November, Deutsche Börse plans to convert the top two floors of the company’s own parking garage at the headquarters in Eschborn into a Christmas market. A maximum of 80 employees should be able to linger there for two and a half hours with mulled wine, tarte flambée and ice stock sport. There are three slots a day, and that’s supposed to go on for a week.
Christmas party with a minimum distance and mask: The example shows how difficult it is for German companies to organize a company Christmas party in the second year of the corona.
Deutsche Börse is one of the few companies that is still planning a face-to-face event. If the corona situation looked like real parties a few weeks ago, many companies have moved them back to the digital space – or canceled them entirely. This is shown by a survey by the Handelsblatt among large corporations and family businesses.
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