My office's christmas party is this Friday. I don't really want to go, it is usually boring. I am the kind that does not socialize much at work, I tend to keep business and pleasure separate. However, people have been telling me that it is good to show up for a little while. I really don't want to.
So, who goes to their parties and who skips and why?
2007-12-19 08:57:32 · 9 answers · asked by aml0017 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
To Rita D.: I get a check every two weeks for my work, they are paying for my services. The main problem I have with office parties, functions, etc. etc. is that you are made to feel obligated.
2007-12-19 09:29:39 · update #1
I hated going to but it was considered almost an insult to the company not to go (who knows why). It is better to go even just for the cocktail hour just to show your face and mingle a bit.
2007-12-19 09:05:46 · answer #1 · answered by Bears Mom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the planner for our office holiday party it irks me when people don't attend. We go out of our way to make sure we appreciate you as an employee. The least you could do is show up and appreciate your employer for giving you a check every week/2 weeks.
Well, then when your company doesn't offer extra perks everyone complains. So the company should just crap on everyone all year round and not do anything nice for their employees... Is this what people want???
Just remember there are plenty of people out ther with no jobs that would love to go to a Holdiay party because want to have a job.
2007-12-19 09:07:16 · answer #2 · answered by Brown Eyed Girl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depending on your work environment & position, understand that many times office social events really are "work" and NOT to attend them can be politically damaging in some organizations. maybe its a relic of the "old boys club" but something to keep in mind as you decide whether to go..
2007-12-19 09:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by Christo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
went last Friday for the first time..they gave away TVs, basketball tickets etc..and had a open bar and lots of good food It was boring but I took my husband so I had someone to talk to while everyone else was getting drunk...will never go again.
2007-12-19 10:33:38 · answer #4 · answered by ladytee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buy some of those crunchy type (hard) bread sticks, and wrap a piece of bacon around it, then roll in brown sugar, and bake at 350 until crispy. MMMM GOOD
2016-05-25 01:57:47 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you should go. It will give you a chance to get to know and bond with your co-workers on a different level. Also, you may be surprised to find that it might actually be fun!
2007-12-19 09:03:41 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont go as i hate the party and i some how like you, but yaa people do force me but my answer is always no, i know parting is good , but if you talk about the poeple like and dislike than i am the one odd one out from there.
2007-12-19 09:06:37 · answer #7 · answered by raksha p 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I skip mine because I have a long commute to work.
2007-12-19 09:14:06 · answer #8 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope... I don't go b/c my coworkers suck
2007-12-19 09:04:43 · answer #9 · answered by tuberk768 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋