Work Christmas Party
Discussion
I’ve been invited to two
1) company I used to work for and now subcontract with, it’s tomorrow and a whole company affair. Free bar etc. but not going due to clashes of commitments
2) somewhere I worked 15yrs ago - the old team along with the current team and all inbetween get together once a year - it’s next week. I’m not going. After so long there’s just too much of a gulf between me and my old colleagues and frankly we have zero in common anymore.
1) company I used to work for and now subcontract with, it’s tomorrow and a whole company affair. Free bar etc. but not going due to clashes of commitments
2) somewhere I worked 15yrs ago - the old team along with the current team and all inbetween get together once a year - it’s next week. I’m not going. After so long there’s just too much of a gulf between me and my old colleagues and frankly we have zero in common anymore.
For such a social creature I have managed to reach the age of 40 without ever having attended a work's Christmas do. I tend to gravitate towards social events with people I actually like or have time for but the real truth is that nowhere I have worked has ever organised one. If they have then I wasn't invited!
Got mine next week. Crazy golf followed by food followed by copious amounts of drinking. Luckily golf and food are two of my favourite things. Unluckily, the latter isn't. Still, the UK team is fairly small and all home-based so I don't get to meet them often at all. There are a couple of new joiners so it will be good to meet them and it might even be fun despite the lack of photocopiers.
Ours on the last day of term (I work in a school) - meal in town then drinks afterwards. I was asked if I’d be going (get asked every year) and gave the same reply I always do: I spend all day with you lot five days a week, the last thing I want to do is spend my spare time with you as well.
I hate forced enjoyment, and would much rather just go out for a few drinks with the two others in my department.
I hate forced enjoyment, and would much rather just go out for a few drinks with the two others in my department.
Ours is next week but it's a full office thing in a noisy games orientated place with a buffet and a DJ which isn't really my thing, I don't drink anymore so can't even take the edge off with that.
It's perfect for most people in the office but I'm more of a nice meal with the people I actually want to spend time with kind of chap.
I'm in an odd team where I'm the only person that does what I do so aside from a quick meeting on a Monday, the handful of people I then speak to are in London or around the world so it's not even like I get to spend time with them.
Amusingly there hasn't been a single conversation in the team to see who is / isn't going, just a meeting invite to get numbers for catering. It's weird.
It is what it is, I'm the anomaly so hooe they have a great night.
It's perfect for most people in the office but I'm more of a nice meal with the people I actually want to spend time with kind of chap.
I'm in an odd team where I'm the only person that does what I do so aside from a quick meeting on a Monday, the handful of people I then speak to are in London or around the world so it's not even like I get to spend time with them.
Amusingly there hasn't been a single conversation in the team to see who is / isn't going, just a meeting invite to get numbers for catering. It's weird.
It is what it is, I'm the anomaly so hooe they have a great night.
I’ve worked with a mate for the past 17 or so years, development for a gaming company. Worked with him back in the 90s too. We’ve worked from home for about 10 years or so, but every month or two we go to the office, and just go to Spoons for an all day bender. Team building.
So we will do that next week and send the boss the bill.
So we will do that next week and send the boss the bill.
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.I’m contracting for former employer and they have two - one for the business line and one for my team. However as both are in Copenhagen I won’t be going to either. A pity as I like our team event as a proper Danish julefrokost - a meat fest with too much alcohol. I think my digestive system and liver are glad I’m giving it a miss.
Ours is in January, it'll be a bit different to previous ones.
We were taken over recently, gone from a small family run affair where the MD would come along to our £50 a head do at a local restaurant with his credit card behind the bar, far more than £50 a head was spent.
It's still £50 a head but I cannot see the new MD or any of the directors coming along, putting the company credit card behind the bar, it'll have a very different atmosphere.
We were taken over recently, gone from a small family run affair where the MD would come along to our £50 a head do at a local restaurant with his credit card behind the bar, far more than £50 a head was spent.
It's still £50 a head but I cannot see the new MD or any of the directors coming along, putting the company credit card behind the bar, it'll have a very different atmosphere.
No, I mentioned on a different thread that ours is basically forced attendance as it starts during work hours and if you don't want to attend you have to take 1/2 day leave from your annual allowance (no one made aware of this until last week).
I had allowance left over and was going to carry over into next year as we're extermely busy at the moment and need all hands on deck, but I've just booked all my remaining allowance now and am finishing the year early instead, so I won't be going.
A 'forced' attendance event will never be fun to me. Their tactics to ensure a high attendance has really rubbed me the wrong way. I hope the others enjoy it though.
I had allowance left over and was going to carry over into next year as we're extermely busy at the moment and need all hands on deck, but I've just booked all my remaining allowance now and am finishing the year early instead, so I won't be going.
A 'forced' attendance event will never be fun to me. Their tactics to ensure a high attendance has really rubbed me the wrong way. I hope the others enjoy it though.
Yes, the whole business unit is going out for "December celebrations" on Monday. Then there's a team dinner on the Tuesday. Followed by a company-wide bash the following Wednesday in a bar somewhere.
I don't mind as the two big events don't involve sitting down formally - just wandering around a nice venue eating canapes and getting free drinks.
I don't mind as the two big events don't involve sitting down formally - just wandering around a nice venue eating canapes and getting free drinks.
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