Do you socialise with the people you work with? Or do you keep yourself to yourself?

Question

Do you go to leaving do's and drink ups and meals at restaurants??
If not, why not?

Answer 1

I ate lunch out every day with at least 3-4 others..sometimes it turned into 10.We all gave home parties,make-up,tupperware,decor,lingerie,etc in each others homes..it's fun to have friends at work..you are with them 8 hours a day they know a lot about you and your family..so why not?

Answer 2

When I was young and single, I did attend a lot of these type of things, Friday night drinks, meals, etc.

Nowadays I only go if it's something significant, like someone's 50th, or someone who has been there for years is leaving.

The main reason I've changed is that I now have a home life I prefer than spending my time with work colleagues who I often don't have that much in common with.

I like my work colleagues and we have a good relationship at work, but my home life just interests me more!

Also, as far as doing the drinks thing, I reckon it's pretty hard on the younger ones if the oldies keep hanging about boring on about all their 'in my day' stories, etc ... let 'em have their fun, I've been there, done that :-)

Cheers :-)

Answer 3

You should only socialise in moderation with co-workers, never let them know everything in your life,
I'm sorry your third question made no since to me,
Getting to close to co-workers can back fire on you, if promotions are coming out and they know say you like to get stumbling drunk on the weekends they can spread rumours and eventually the boss will hear of them and you wont get the promotion no matter how go of a job you may do during the week, you can go out have a drink or meal but don't open yourself up telling allot of things about yourself or life.

Answer 4

I'm a retired firefighter so as far as socializing, it's a bit different than most occupations.
We work together for 24 hrs at a time and depend on each other in all kinds of situations. It's often your second family and we trust each other be it "True Confessions" or on a call when you're trusting them to cover your butt.....and you know they'll be there in both cases. The remainder of the time it's a lot like home away from home. You'd think 24hrs would be enough but we still get together during off-times. Be it working on something or going out.
These are a bunch of "brothers and sisters" who give their all for you and are genuinely concerned for your welfare. Heck, I'm retired yet still get invited for lunch or dinner at the firehouse just to see everyone again.
So, in my job, it was and is an emphatic YES!

Answer 5

I go to work to hang with my friends, otherwise I probably wouldn't go. I am friends with everyone at work, and when I get there we hang smoke some pot and drink some beer, to say the least it's very laid back, we don't do much of anything but hang. It also happens to be the place I stay at more than home, because we all enjoy chilling there even when we are off. My night at work consist of playing basketball, listening to some good chevelle, system of a down, tool and lots of great music. Why would I work at work? lol j/k, but seriously basically I just hang out all night and get paid pretty damn good to do it. My boss happens to be one of the biggest pot heads you could ever meet. If you are curious I am 26 from North Carolina.

Answer 6

I dont socialize a lot with my co-workers, but on Friday nights or on holidays we do get together and throw a few back. Our hospital has a few gatherings during the year where we get to know the rest of the hospital's staff. It's a fairly large place and it's good to get to know other departments because we never know when we might have to send one of our patients to another unit. There are a few people I go to the movies or out to dinner with, but it's not an all the time thing.

Answer 7

The place that I work at now has very few social get togethers, whereas every other place I have worked at has been full of people who used to go out together as friends.

I guess the fact that I now live 15 miles away from work makes it more difficult to attend social events - particuarly as I can't stand being the only person who isn't drinking !

Answer 8

I do not think the one excludes the other. I socialise with people from work at work or work functions. I believe that it is important to know each other and to develop a spirit of community and learn to work together.

I howver RARELY socialise outside work (excluding 'official' functions) with fellow employees. I only socialise with those that I have something in common with, and do notr restrict my circvle of friends to colleagues only. (Must be pretty boring to spend your time 24/7 with the same people.

Answer 9

I do, but not very often. I work in Kildare, which is just outside Dublin. and everyone I work with has to drive to work, including myself. So a drink after work is just not feasible.
I went to a wedding of a girl i work with on Thursday, had a laugh with some of my workmates.
I am very close friends with a woman from work, we are going away with other friends later in the year.
Sometimes I wish, I worked somewhere where there was a better social scene, but at other times I'm glad

Answer 10

It depends; I would feel very comfortable on a night out with my colleagues, because the place is so busy, we rarely have time for pleasantries; but on the other hand, it only happens about twice a year. I stay in touch with some other people from a different office in the same organisation, and we have occasional good nights out.