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FWIW I'd personally be quite annoyed if my employer were encouraging at-home alcohol consumption in the form of "zoom happy hour", prioritizing corporate team b

FWIW I'd personally be quite annoyed if my employer were encouraging at-home alcohol consumption in the form of "zoom happy hour", prioritizing corporate team building over my home environment's quality at my/my household's expense. I don't even keep alcohol around, it would be akin to encouraging me to have cake around just so I can eat it on a virtual meeting scheduled specifically for cake consumption, another junk food I don't keep around and never really consume. "drink up, happy hour is now enforced by law" - Dead Kennedys [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDWHIRkFL-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDWHIRkFL-8

klyrs 4y ago
I don't drink, so I tend to drink water at such events. If you feel pressure, people can't tell what you're drinking. Iced tea, or whiskey? Gin, or water? Bloody Mary, or V8 with a salt rim? Moscow mule, or who cares, it's an opaque cup?
- pengaru 4y ago
  What about a recovered/recovering alcoholic employee liable to slip into this enabler trap? I'm not personally plagued with this problem, but have no difficulty empathizing with the situation and think it's completely asinine for employers to encourage drinking among employees.
  - klyrs 4y ago
    > What about a recovered/recovering alcoholic employee liable to slip into this enabler trap? I absolutely hate that, and yes, that strikes very close to home. Over the years, I've had countless coworkers, peers and even a couple of managers, pressure me hard to drink. The pressure they're willing to apply skyrockets as they get more drunk. All I'm saying is, it's easier to deflect over zoom.
    - gwbas1c 4y ago
      > as they get more drunk And that is the very hard line for a happy hour: No one should be "getting drunk" or otherwise visibly intoxicated on company time. That's something I'd bring up with HR / upper management or my direct. "I had enough pressure to drink to excess in my college fraternity. I don't want it in my workplace."
      - klyrs 4y ago
        Oh, I fully agree. Happy hour on campus is one thing; where it gets really dicey is at conferences/conventions and groups go out after hours.
vorpalhex 4y ago
I very visibly drink tea in these sorts of remote events - full on teapot and all. Nobody has ever even commented.

klyrs 4y ago

I don't drink, so I tend to drink water at such events. If you feel pressure, people can't tell what you're drinking. Iced tea, or whiskey? Gin, or water? Bloody Mary, or V8 with a salt rim? Moscow mule, or who cares, it's an opaque cup?

pengaru 4y ago
What about a recovered/recovering alcoholic employee liable to slip into this enabler trap? I'm not personally plagued with this problem, but have no difficulty empathizing with the situation and think it's completely asinine for employers to encourage drinking among employees.
- klyrs 4y ago
  > What about a recovered/recovering alcoholic employee liable to slip into this enabler trap? I absolutely hate that, and yes, that strikes very close to home. Over the years, I've had countless coworkers, peers and even a couple of managers, pressure me hard to drink. The pressure they're willing to apply skyrockets as they get more drunk. All I'm saying is, it's easier to deflect over zoom.
  - gwbas1c 4y ago
    > as they get more drunk And that is the very hard line for a happy hour: No one should be "getting drunk" or otherwise visibly intoxicated on company time. That's something I'd bring up with HR / upper management or my direct. "I had enough pressure to drink to excess in my college fraternity. I don't want it in my workplace."
    - klyrs 4y ago
      Oh, I fully agree. Happy hour on campus is one thing; where it gets really dicey is at conferences/conventions and groups go out after hours.

vorpalhex 4y ago

I very visibly drink tea in these sorts of remote events - full on teapot and all. Nobody has ever even commented.