My boss is going to give us baskets filled with candy and crap for Christmas for the longest time. He feels it is a very thoughtful and nice gift. I have worked for him for 5 months. My colleagues have been getting this gift for the longest time and they always just take the baskets, thank him and throw them out. I do not want to take the basket and deceive him into thinking I appreciate it. My colleagues say that he would be very offended if I refused the gift and that he would covertly avenge it during my review. What should I do?
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Is there a particular reason you don't want to accept the gift? If it's a situation where you simply don't want ANY gift from him, I'll agree with the others and suggest you politely accept it and then give it to someone who would like it. If, on the other hand, there's a particular reason for not accepting a particular gift, simply very politely thank him and then explain why you can not accept it ("Oh, how thoughtful, and I really appreciate it, however I guess you didn't realize that I'm {a particular religion} and we don't celebrate Christmas" or "I'm so sorry, but I'm diabetic and can not have chocolate" etc.). Note, though, that you should absolutely NOT, under any circumstances, make up an excuse! I don't think you would, since you say you don't want to lie in accepting it, but just thought I'd stress it.
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