Before we know it, Christmas will be on our doorsteps and it will be time for Axegrinder and his sources to crack open the bubbly.
However, I hear that staff at the Telegraph Media Group’s all-singing all-dancing newsroom hub in Victoria aren’t too happy about new arrangements for their Christmas do this year.
In the past, staffers all got a voucher (for about £35), which meant that each department head could arrange their own party for their team. Whether it was going to a restaurant or a pub, a nightclub or a strip joint, no one seemed to mind.
But now, managing editor Richard Ellis has decreed otherwise: there will be no vouchers, and they’ll be arranging one party for all and sundry. Well, you’d better show up, or else.
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