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Some of my best memories are from office Christmas parties. Sally from Accounting would have a few drinks, I would have a few drinks, and..........the next Monday neither of us could look at each other !
All company sponsored social events, particularly the ones that supply free alcohol, have virtually no upside and all manner of downside. Just based on common sense, companies shouldn't have them. If I ran Mega_Corp_01, I would simply close the office at noon on specific days and via email wish everyone well, have fun, thanks for being cool employees, etc. Easier, cheaper, less risk to me and every last one of them, etc.
Every company that has company paid functions that involve alcohol have always had some story come out that lives in infamy for years, and often results in someone being fired, quitting, or at the very least bad optics and lower morale in the workplace.
It's just not worth it.
The potential for behaviors to be perceived as harassment increase with alcohol and is not limited to males hitting on females. Sometimes clients are involved, too.
More importantly is alcohol liability for property damage and bodily harm ( usually but not always involving a car). Every case is different and outcomes are variable. Some have made it to state Supreme Courts. And then there’s the issue of under- aged employees being served alcohol.
Corporate insurers and attornies typically strongly advise their clients to nix the alcohol and avoid creating a perception that attendance is mandatory to avoid potential liabilities.
They may be rare, but they do exist. I didn't just pull that out of the air.
I went to one such party. It started at noon, at a location away from the office. The options were to go, or to remain in the office and work. Lots of food, lots of booze, and a small scandal when a junior employee who happened to be related to one of the VPs got arrested for driving home drunk.
Lots of booze is the issue.
Most large scale employers have been increasingly reducing potential liabilities for decades.
Every time I've been asked by an employer what I think we should do for an office Christmas party I suggest:
Take the amount you would spend on a party
Divide it by the number of employees you have
Give them the cash
And as much paid time off as they would have spent at the party
According to Weiner, the prospect of the "Holiday" party is a difficult one for women due to the difficult task of "choosing clothes that signal that you are polished without being boring, attractive without being provocative, and that you’re looking to be promoted, not propositioned."
"For women, it’s never easy," she says, adding that men "have it all figured out" when it comes to festive wear.
The horror!!!! Want a whiny, desperate complaint.
How many millions of others in the First World can relate to her so-called "problem".
That said, I really enjoyed workplace Christmas parties of the '70s when I was in my twenties. FUN times.
Because men are all just horny dogs waiting to spike the punch. JFC. How are real victims to be taken seriously?
I don't know about spiking the punch.
Women have no clue, that a man undresses them 5 seconds after they figure out, they are looking at a woman.
You are not ever going to suppress that. Mother Nature won't let you.
I remember one Christmas Party where the boss’s wife got drunk and started flirting with damn near every man in the room. We were all smart enough to back away.
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