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Houston Netscape Office Sponsors `Grinch' Office Contest.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, January, 2001 by Sixel, L.M.
Jan. 5--Children tearing into gifts Christmas morning. The smell of fresh spruce. Leaving work early before the holiday weekend. A Christmas bonus. All fond Christmas memories. But don't expect to find the folks who entered Netscape's office Grinch contest adding their holiday office stories to the list. Netscape found some doozies. At one company, employees had to spring for their own Christmas lunch and the time they spent at the party was deducted from their paychecks. At another company, the CEO gave the three secretaries in his office a Victoria's Secret catalog and a $10 gift certificate. The women couldn't decide if they were more offended by the catalogs or the $10. Then there's the boss who handed out recycled Christmas gifts. The boss, the owner of an...
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