Christmas Party

Canyon86 · 05-12-2014 03:51AM #1

Hi lads/ladies

Is it frowned upon not to turn up at the xmas party?

does it hamper career opportunities etc etc in yer experience

:cool::cool::cool:

NIMAN · 05-12-2014 03:55AM

You'll just be considered a sour git, but probably better than turning up and making a complete tit of yourself, which will probably hamper your career!

braddun · 05-12-2014 03:56AM

free drink,free sex with co workers

why would you not show up

Canyon86 · 05-12-2014 04:22AM

braddun wrote: »

free drink,free sex with co workers

why would you not show up

if only!!

wardy2 · 05-12-2014 05:55AM

get drunk and tell your boss what you really think of him ,
that should get you promoted early

Ruu · 05-12-2014 05:59AM

Go through each and every one of your co workers and tell them what you think of them, always great craic. Then act like nothing happened the next work day.

pragmatic1 · 05-12-2014 06:02AM

Don't think it should matter either way unless your boss/colleagues are really petty.

The Wild Bunch · 05-12-2014 06:27AM

Bad enough having to work with these every day without also getting pissed up with them too

The One Doctor · 05-12-2014 07:50AM

I have never turned up at an Xmas party and never will, they're not worth the hassle. I'm paid to cooperate with my colleagues, not socialise with them.

05-12-2014 08:04AM

braddun wrote: »

free drink,free sex with co workers

why would you not show up

I have mine tonight

:eek:

henryporter · 05-12-2014 08:11AM

wardy2 wrote: »

get drunk and tell your boss what you really think of him ,
that should get you promoted early

Did that - doesn't work funnily enough.

reetz · 05-12-2014 08:21AM

The one night where evey married woman is looking for their hole. They never bring the husband. Christmas party, everything goes

jamesbere · 05-12-2014 08:23AM

reetz wrote: »

The one night where evey married woman is looking for their hole. They never bring the husband. Christmas party, everything goes

You make it sound like a massive gangbang.

Rachiee · 05-12-2014 08:26AM

I think it would be frowned upon. Everyone has someplace else to be but it is a team building exercise all be it outside of work hours. If you don't go it looks like you've no interest in your company development and no interest in your colleagues. It wouldn't be a major black mark but it doesn't look good.

TwoShedsJackson · 05-12-2014 08:43AM

Rachiee wrote: »

I think it would be frowned upon. Everyone has someplace else to be but it is a team building exercise all be it outside of work hours. If you don't go it looks like you've no interest in your company development and no interest in your colleagues. It wouldn't be a major black mark but it doesn't look good.

'Going forward' 'low hanging fruit' 'blue sky thinking' - most employees don't give two shíts about the company development, and have no interest in their fellow drones.

pragmatic1 · 05-12-2014 08:56AM

Rachiee wrote: »

I think it would be frowned upon. Everyone has someplace else to be but it is a team building exercise all be it outside of work hours. If you don't go it looks like you've no interest in your company development and no interest in your colleagues. It wouldn't be a major black mark but it doesn't look good.

That's imported corporate bullshyte.

SeaFields · 05-12-2014 09:06AM

I had one of our Christmas parties last night. My head hurts now.

The J Stands for Jay · 05-12-2014 09:13AM

I'm not going to mine tonight.

whiskeyman · 05-12-2014 09:22AM

Where I work, an email usually goes around on the morning of the Christmas party reminding everyone that the Christmas party is technically work time, and as such you must respect Company policy and all incidents may face disciplinary action.
Oh, and happy Christmas...

Buona Fortuna · 05-12-2014 09:46AM

henryporter wrote: »

Did that - doesn't work funnily enough.

You too

wilhelm roentgen · 05-12-2014 09:56AM

Our company Christmas 'punch up' is on the 19th in Cork, wouldn't miss it for the world.

whiskeyman · 05-12-2014 10:07AM

this thread needs more life.... does anyone have any good stories from past Christmas work parties?
Any mad scandal? Punch ups?

One of mine years ago, one of the women in the company got savagely drunk, and started shouting that she was having an affair with one of the contractors working there, and told him to leave his wife in front of everyone.
Morto for them both...someone had to bail her into a taxi pretty quickly.
She was very quiet the next week, as was he!

Badger2009 · 05-12-2014 10:07AM

jamesbere wrote: »

You make it sound like a massive gangbang.

Is yours not? Ours always end up like that. I just thought that's how it works

tomwaterford · 05-12-2014 07:09PM

Rachiee wrote: »

I think it would be frowned upon. Everyone has someplace else to be but it is a team building exercise all be it outside of work hours. If you don't go it looks like you've no interest in your company development and no interest in your colleagues. It wouldn't be a major black mark but it doesn't look good.

What if you have nothing in common withyour work colleagues??

Why bother waste your free time listening.to them....im fairly sure they don't want to be listening to me on there free time aswell

UCDVet · 05-12-2014 07:28PM

It's pretty depressing for me to acknowledge that there exists jobs in this world, that would be impacted by someone's showing up to a Christmas party or not.

Sadly, I know it's true.

I used to work at a company that had generic business people and generic financial people. The financial people, everything they did was objective. They made money or they lost money. They were good at their job, or they weren't. There wasn't any need for office politics, beyond normal social niceties.

The generic business people....well, they didn't really have any measurable output. Nobody directly cared how many business meetings they scheduled or how many powerpoints they made. Their contributions were so fuzzily defined that nobody really knew who was a good business person or not. Did Bob do a good job this year, or was he just given a good team? Who knows. But hey, he sure is a lot of fun....remember the Christmas party? What a hooot! Let's promote Bob.

I remember one particularly useless business guy I worked with. Same deal, he had a job with loosely defined measures of success, so he focused on the appearance of success instead of his job. He was a sharp dresser, always in at 7:59am (surfing YouTube usually, but he was in a suit, at his desk early). He wouldn't use the company provided stationary - nope, he'd buy his one and carry it around in a leather portfolio. He had a fancy pen too - 'Executive style'. I'm pretty sure he made a calculated effort to chat up one coworker each day, ya know, to make sure everyone thought he was a nice guy. He attended each and every company gathering, and treated each one as his time to impress the higher ups.

The guy was absolutely horrible at his job though. He coasted for YEARS - until the company went bankrupt.

UCDVet · 05-12-2014 07:32PM

tomwaterford wrote: »

What if you have nothing in common withyour work colleagues??

Why bother waste your free time listening.to them....im fairly sure they don't want to be listening to me on there free time aswell

The company wants you to form an emotional attachment to your co-workers so that you are less likely to leave the company. Hiring/training staff is expensive; companies do that maths and they know it is more cost effective to have silly things like semi-required 'team building' events to increase employee retention than it is to create a more enjoyable/desirable work environment/increase wages.

AnonoBoy · 05-12-2014 07:34PM

braddun wrote: »

free drink,free sex with co workers

Do you normally pay for sex with your co-workers?

I thought brothel workers would get at least an employee discount?

Glebee · 05-12-2014 07:38PM

reetz wrote: »

The one night where evey married woman is looking for their hole. They never bring the husband. Christmas party, everything goes

My wife's Christmas party is tonightðŸ˜ž

Whosthis · 05-12-2014 07:40PM

Glebee wrote: »

My wife's Christmas party is tonightðŸ˜ž

Did she invite you?

Glebee · 05-12-2014 07:41PM

Whosthis wrote: »

Did she invite you?

No. That's bad isn't it.

AnonoBoy · 05-12-2014 07:43PM

Glebee wrote: »

No. That's bad isn't it.

Why would you invite your wife or husband to your work business party?

They'd be bored sh*tless having to talk to all your moronic co-workers.

Christmas Party

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