Personally, 75% of female employees are involved in preparing the holiday for men, the majority (82%) do it voluntarily, and 18% participate because the team does not welcome refusal, as emphasized in a survey by the Zarplaty.ru research center.

At the same time, 27% of respondents would still like to cancel the corporate celebration, and 73% would not, analysts said.

According to the study (you could select several answer options), 74% of companies arrange a buffet on February 23, 31% - competitions, games and quizzes, 15% go to a restaurant or cafe, 7% order artists, musicians, animators, and 19% send out congratulations by email

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“In those teams where women buy gifts, they collect mostly 200-300 rubles (38%), 400-500 rubles (25%) and more than 500 rubles (24%), significantly fewer employees donate 100-200 rubles ( 9%) and hand over an arbitrary amount (4%),” the experts noted.

Among the funniest gifts that were given to men in the company, respondents named (they were given the opportunity to choose a free answer) soap in the form of red caviar, sock tanks, chocolate with photos of men, kitchen aprons with the figure of Apollo, and budyonnovkas for the bath.

In total, more than 2.1 thousand employees took part in the survey.

Previously, analysts conducted a survey and found out how many Russians will work on February 23 and March 8 in 2024.