Secret Santa for the office
The end-of-year exchange at work usually lands on the same person in HR, who ends up managing a spreadsheet, an email chain and fifteen messages asking "who did I get again?".
What usually goes wrong in an office draw
- •The spreadsheet circulates by email and someone sees everyone else's matches.
- •People join after the draw and the whole thing has to be redone.
- •Nobody remembers the agreed budget and gifts end up wildly uneven.
- •Whoever organizes cannot take part without knowing their own match.
- •People forget, and someone has to chase them the week of the event.
How to set it up in 10 minutes
- 1.Collect the names and work emails of the team.
- 2.Add them to the dashboard: you can paste the list in batches, it saves itself.
- 3.Set the exclusions that make sense (for example, so two people from the same small team are not matched).
- 4.Set the exchange date and the suggested budget.
- 5.Run the draw: everyone gets their private link by email.
- 6.Check the delivery panel and resend the link to anyone who missed it.
Budget: the detail that prevents most friction
Setting a clear range (a minimum and a maximum) avoids the awkward moment of receiving a gift far more expensive than the one you gave.
In teams with uneven salaries, keep the budget low. The point of the exchange is the gesture, not the competition.
What the Business plan adds
- •Unlimited participants, for teams of any size.
- •Your company logo and colors on the page participants see.
- •Several draws in parallel, useful when each office or department runs its own.
- •Automatic reminders before the exchange date.
- •A dashboard with per-person delivery status.
- •No ads in the experience your team sees.
Frequently asked questions
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