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Normally, I would say you’re lucky your department doesn’t make you do those team outings, but it actually sounds like you’re getting the short end of the stick. My company does quarterly after hours events. I’d love to skip these but they’re kind of unofficially mandatory.
Money and politics. Those departments probably have bigger budgets or the connections necessary to acquire them.
My company does some happy hours but we have two on-site events where they bring everyone in, even anyone that’s remote, and we do a Christmas party and summer social. It’s a great perk and I’ve very thankful they haven’t cut budget for this. As far as it varying team to team, for us, it depends on the location of the team (if everyone is in office or if they have to travel in) that helps determine the budget