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It looks like more employers are going to be party-poopers this holiday season. A new survey by the Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas finds that the number of businesses planning holiday parties this year is sharply down from last year — and that number was down from the year before

It looks like more employers are going to be party-poopers this holiday season. A new survey by the Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas finds that the number of businesses planning holiday parties this year is sharply down from last year — and that number was down from the year before.

The executive outplacement firm says that the number of planned reductions fell 16% in October to 55,679 positions — from 66,404 in…

The company holiday party is quickly becoming a relic of Christmas Past. Fewer companies are planning holiday parties this year, and among those that are, nearly one in three is scaling back on the budget for the event, according to a new survey by Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.