On Wednesday, I blogged Above the Law’s post on the value of Christmas/Holiday/Year-End gifts to be given by New York City BigLaw associates to their secretaries.  One law firm is reportedly using these guidelines:

Seniority by Class = Holiday Gift to Assistant

Class of 2000 and above — $250
Class of 2001 — $225
Class of 2002 — $200
Class of 2003 — $175
Class of 2004 — $150
Class of 2005 — $120
Class of 2006 — $100

I polled faculty readers on the value of Christmas/Holiday/Year-End gifts they plan to give to their secretary this year.  The distressing results (with 74 votes):  over 40% of faculty plan to give nothing or up to $25 to their secretary; less than half plan to give the minimum suggested gift for a first-year associate:

>$250:   9.5%
$151 – $250:  2.7%
$101 – $150:  9.5%
$51 – $100:  20.3%
$26 – $50:  17.6%
$1 – $25:  23.0%
0:  17.6%