The office Christmas party is meant to round off the year as a team. Yet the professional dynamic between colleagues can carry over into the party, with the same roles and conversations as on a regular working day. With that in mind, Dutch fashion brand OppoSuits today launches The Jolly Clock-Out, a campaign in which employees can nominate their own office.
Nominations are made on the OppoSuits website. Coworkers, friends and family can back a nomination and add stories and photos to it. Once nominations close, an OppoSuits jury picks the winner, giving stories and photos more weight than the number of backers.
The winning office receives outfits for the team and a party budget of £1,000 for a Christmas party that is already planned. The team chooses its outfits from a selection of OppoSuits Christmas outfits curated for the prize. OppoSuits does not organize the party itself; the team decides how to spend the budget.
“At work, everyone has a role, and people sometimes bring it to the Christmas party without noticing,” says Jasper Castelein, co-founder of OppoSuits. “A different outfit helps people set that role aside for the night. That’s why we’re providing the clothes and an extra budget for one office, and leaving it to the team to decide what the party looks like.”
The campaign is announced with a video on social media in which OppoSuits shows, in a documentary style, how dull some office Christmas parties can feel. Terms and conditions are available on the OppoSuits website.