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Im not sure how they can make it mandatory out of hours. People have other commitments outside of working hours that they cant abandon. Also for people that commute on public transport for 2 hours have to leave to get home. Are companies going to pay for hotels when people cant get home. It will never work.
Hate it with a passion. I don’t need mandatory socializing. I’m a professional. I do my job well, and I need time away from people to recharge.
They should never be mandatory outside workplace hours. Could be discriminatory against parents, part time workers etc. carries a legal risk under the equality act. Socialising with colleagues carries risk no matter how it’s framed. Alcohol is usually always involved. Can be seen as being ‘forced to drink alcohol’ or put under pressure to drink alcohol. Reputational risk if misconduct occurs. It’s an absolute 100 % no from me 🚩🚩🚩
Team bonding stuff is crap
Absolutely no. Too much time is spent with them already. So awkward for some people.
Waste of money! Instead of wasting the money, increase salaries. The only team building that comes from a mandatory, after hours event, is complaining about the company. Personally, I believe these mandatory after hours events are planned by people who have no life outside of work and no friends.
You already spend so much time with your co workers and at work, that when it’s time to go home I’m ready to go home.
No from me. Keep work and personal life separate. There’s obviously life long friendships made at work and that’s perfectly normal but socialising in groups tend not to end well.
If I'm required to be there, I'm getting paid for it, or I'm not going.
They are a huge no. They usually lead to resentment, annoyance and a sense of your personal time being infringed upon. The end result is usually the exact opposite of what the supervisor/manager was trying to do. Most people won't say anything out loud and will just let the resentment quietly fester. Real morale destroyer.
They should not be mandatory, but there's nothing wrong with holding team building activities outside of work hours once in a while as long as no one is punished for not attending. If it's mandatory, do it during the work day.
If you're not being paid for your time you have no obligation to attend forcing people to for free is bad management & you're asking for trouble.
In our case they were “mandatory”… as in you absolutely could decline but if you didn’t have a valid reason such as a scheduled other event or family conflict eyebrows would raise. Plus many of these “mandatory” events included some sort of monetary contribution such as paying for your own ticket or dinner check, etc. As the lowest paid employee in the department I was often hard pressed to find disposable funds to do these events.
These are so boring. Everyone just sits there with some awkward small talk. Not a good time.
I hate them and avoid if I can
It doesn’t make sense to make out-of-office team building mandatory. Make it optional and take note of who always comes out, who never does, who participates selectively, and how everyone contributes when they do. Someone who rarely joins in but brings a wonderful, positive energy when they do shines compared to someone who never does or always does and acts like a fool. 🤷♀️
Hopefully you’re never in a managers position since you want to surveil and judge people for how they behave on what should be their own personal time away from work.
Everyday after work I have something on the calendar that is kid/family related so I wouldn’t be able to make it. If it’s mandatory it would need to be during work hours.
If it is mandatory it is not off of work hours. It should be in a paid status during working hours. Team building is important, but if it is mandatory after hours you are most likely going to get some or all of those people mad and working against what you were trying to achieve.