Or maybe it's just the sign of a meh place to work if there is mandatory fun? I've worked at several (small I have to admit) companies where the people were us

Or maybe it's just the sign of a meh place to work if there is mandatory fun? I've worked at several (small I have to admit) companies where the people were usually honestly disappointed if they couldn't join the yearly weekend outings, the parties were fun and if someone didn't want to join, they didn't join. OK, I only started at my current one during the pandemic so I haven't actually met most of the people and it's also a bigger one, with actually separate departments, so no high hopes here, but I'm just saying that it doesn't have to be this bad.