Merry Christmas from Peer1
On Wednesday, I had my 1 year anniversary with Peer1.
Peer1 is a really wonderful company to work for. Last weekend, we had an epic Christmas party at Steamworks in Gastown. Where lots of companies have been skimping on staff events to cut costs, Peer1 pulled out all the stops to show it's appriciation for it's staff. It's not only made us all feel a greater sense of loyalty to our company, but it's closened the camaraderie of our Vancouver office as a whole. Moral in the office is really high, and it's been a very good week since.
Today, we ended up having our annual Secret Santa. We set a nice limit of $20, and most of the people in Vancouver participated. I made.. well rather a unique request, and I wasn't sure how it was going to be taken:
Beer/Liquor, GC for something geeky (FutureShop, BestBuy, ThinkGeek, etcc), pulling a really good prank on any NOC member (other than me)
I did not expect anything like what I received:
That.. was just epic. The desk belongs to my boss, Jason. The attention to detail was magnificent. Every pen, CD, and magazine was wrapped. Literally, everything in, around or on his desk was wrapped. It brought such a smile to my face, as someone obviously spent hours wrapping it all. It was just.. wow.
I also got a present today from Charnell and the San Antonio team. It's a pretty awesome t-shirt with "I'd rather be at the Beach" and the ServerBeach logo on the back.
Thank you to my Secret Santa, Charnell, and thanks to all my colleagues at Peer1 for making my first year with the company memorable. I'm very much looking forward to 2009 at Peer1!