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This can't be stressed enough. Work outings are still work, and all of a sudden an employer has monopolized my time. Are work events _really_ optional? If I _ne
by evanlivingston 6y ago
This can't be stressed enough. Work outings are still work, and all of a sudden an employer has monopolized my time. Are work events _really_ optional? If I _never_ show up to them?
- Taylor_OD 6y ago100%. I was required to go to a company holiday party at a former work place and I only found out that it was not really an optional event after I'd already booked tickets for a movie with a Q&A with the director...
- josephorjoe 6y agoi've skipped a lot of "optional" work events and i'm sure it has been a negative for my career. there was one former boss who i felt was always a bit cold and standoffish (but always professional) with me and i could never quite put my finger on why until i did show up at one of the weekly happy hours i almost never went to and realized that he loved them and spent the whole time laughing and smiling and chatting with everyone. since i was rarely at those and especially missed most of them my first 6 months on the job (when i had some ongoing family issues that required my non-work time and focus), i suspect he took that as a bit of antisocial behavior on my part and prevented him from really trusting me
- g051051 6y ago> i've skipped a lot of "optional" work events and i'm sure it has been a negative for my career. In the Navy, we'd say "Your presence is not required, but your absence will be noted."
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- blandflakes 6y agoI had a manager deny me the promotion that he otherwise agreed I deserved because I didn't participate in enough happy hours.
- doanerock 6y agoI was like ok what ever, then I read that they where "weekly". That is a lot of events. I was thinking like quarterly at the most.