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LOL. My job organized a potluck.
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Happy hours are becoming worse than pizza parties. If you under resourced your agency and accepted the wrong clients, unwanted forced “leisure time” cuts into sleep.
Unless your margins are at 15% after you pay the holding company, keep the drinks and Christmas parties.
You must be at a WPP agency.
Milk for everyone!
You guys are getting happy hours?
The reality:
happy hour costs $1k for 20+ people.
Raises cost maybe $200k+ for same people.
@CD1 I’m old. I want to do good work. I don’t want to socialize tons, in fact I’d rather do remote or hybrid (if necessary). I’m open to making friends at work to make it fun and to collaborate. Would rather go home and hang with friends and family.
Or use that money to give us a bonus. Omnicom is the only company I’ve worked for that didn’t give out holiday bonuses or at least a gift card.
I got some of the best bonuses and gifts when I was at Omnicom.
You need to drink a lot more. Rebalance the scales.
They did give us a raise, in how many days they expect us in office
Ever since going sober I can’t believe I even used to get excited for those in the past
Give us raisins!
This year, in lieu of bonuses… we thought: nature’s candy!
Our last happy hour was a bucket of 12 lukewarm spritzers. Mickey Mouse shit.
We do happy hours, but not set by my agency. Just a group of us who always go and everyone is welcome. Some old colleagues even show up. Honestly is super fun.
And no more pizza!
Amen! Fuck the “culture” and pizza for the office.
They’ll never learn but then again happy hours are cheaper than raises.