The point of the "fun events" with the coworkers is precisely that you will be seeing them more than your family, so the company wants to make the experience of

The point of the "fun events" with the coworkers is precisely that you will be seeing them more than your family, so the company wants to make the experience of working with them as pleasant as possible. Attrition is significantly lower if people like who they work with. It's very different though if it's mandatory frequent "fun" as opposed to an occasional thing.