December 1, 2011 SHRM Poll: 2011Holiday Parties

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM 2011 Key Findings 2  Do organizations plan to have a 2011 end-of-year or holiday party? More than half (68%) of organizations will hold a 2011 end-of-year or holiday party for their employees. The percentage of organizations holding parties in 2011 has increased slightly compared with 2010 and  Will organizations plan to have a end-of-year/holiday party on-site or off-site? Of the organizations that are planning to hold an end-of-year or holiday party, 61% of them will have it off-site—an increase from 2009, when 50% of organizations planned to hold their party off-site.

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM Is your organization planning to hold an end-of-year or holiday party for employees? Note: Respondents who answered “not sure” were excluded from this analysis. Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding.

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM Is your organization planning to hold its end-of-year/holiday party on-site or off- site? Note: Only respondents whose organizations will hold an end-of-year/holiday party were asked this question. In 2011, respondents were not provided the “on-site and off-site” and “off-site but scaled down” options.

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM 2011 Demographics: Organization Industry 5 IndustryPercentage Manufacturing20% Health care and social assistance13% Professional, scientific and technical services12% Other services except public administration11% Educational services9% Finance and insurance9% Public administration5% Transportation and warehousing5% Retail trade5% Utilities3% Religious, grant-making, civic, professional and similar organizations3% Accommodation and food services3% Note: n = 457. Percentages may not equal 100% due to multiple response options.

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM 2011 Demographics: Organization Industry (continued) IndustryPercentage Construction of buildings, heavy and civil engineering construction, specialty trade contractors3% Real estate and rental and leasing3% Wholesale trade3% Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services2% Arts, entertainment and recreation2% Information, publishing industries2% Repair and maintenance1% Mining1% Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting* Management of companies and enterprises* Personal and laundry services* Private households* 6 Note: n = 457. Percentages may not equal 100% due to multiple response options. An asterisk (*) indicates < 1%.

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM 2011 Demographics: Organization Sector 7 n = 456

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM 2011 Demographics: Organization Staff Size 8 n = 448

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM n = 470 Does your organization have U.S.-based operations (business units) only or does it operate multinationally? U.S.-based operations only75% Multinational operations25% Is your organization a single-unit company or a multi-unit company? Single-unit company: A company in which the location and the company are one and the same. 36% Multi-unit company: A company that has more than one location. 64% Are HR policies and practices determined by the multi-unit corporate headquarters, by each work location or both? Corporate (companywide)52% Business unit/division44% Facility/location4% n = 465 n = 312 Demographics: Other

2011 Holiday Parties ©SHRM 2011  Response rate = 16%  Sample composed of 481 randomly selected HR professionals  Margin of error is +/- 5%  Survey fielded October 12-November 4, Methodology For more poll findings, visit: Follow us on Twitter: SHRM Poll: 2011 Holiday Parties