The Holiday Season is here and it is time for the annual Corporate Christmas party. It is always held at the local 4 Star Hotel Ballroom with great music and food. It is a nice affair. Many of the staff does not want to go because they are not friendly with their coworkers and have no one to talk to.
The COO and Human Resources Director informally notice who is not going to the annual Holiday Party and the summer Corporate Picnic. Both of them strongly belive that everyone should go to these events as part of their corporate citizenship. Everyone is told when they are hired that they are part of the corporate family and they need to look at the job as more than a place to go 8-5. Attending corporate events like the Christmas Party is part of that obligation.
Do you think that people should be rewarded at performance appraisal time if they make friends on the job and go to off hours events like the Holiday Party and Company Picnic?
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A company requires all people being able to communicate together. If you cannot socialize because you do not get along with people then you are less valuable than someone who has your skills and can work with others.
That having been said you should not be obligated to go to a company gathering on non-business hours.
My company is having theirs on a Saturday night and I really do not want to give them my weekend like that. Best I ever has was a party at noon to the end of the day on a Friday.
I think you should be rewarded. I feel that the only way a job can be successful is for everyone to get to know each other. People have to interact with each other. You got to have teamwork and you can’t have that if there is no communication!
That would be the right thing to do. I try to make friends, good ones, not ones who encourage bad work habits. I guess some people are harder to be friends with…?
I think people should go there X-mas parties and whatever other events the job may have. Its a good way to get your foot in the door and get to know everyone without the pressure that the work place provides. BUT i don’t think you should be “rewarded” or be “held back” if you choose to go or not go simply because if you choose to not go that does not affect your work ethics some people are just not very sociable and would rather just stay at home. I go to EVERY single event and have learned to like everyone at my job.
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