Your point would make more sense if team building time (and drinks or whatever) was paid for by the company. Otherwise people are spending their time for the c

Your point would make more sense if team building time (and drinks or whatever) was paid for by the company. Otherwise people are spending their time for the company's benefit, without being reimbursed. Companies could reimburse people for team-building time, like drinks after work, but they choose not to. They want something for nothing. They want coworkers to feel like they are part of a family so they won't leave for a different job, they want to motivate people to work harder for the team, instead of hiring enough employees, etc. They want to take advantage of people's better natures in order to generate more profits for the owners. EDIT: Some may read your comments as being in favor of being taken advantage of, part of the team or family the company advocates for, until the day you get laid off, and are no longer part of the group at happy hour or whatever.