Issue: Forced "Fun" or Socializing at Work

[smirkymonkey]

10. Thank you! That's another thing. The huge amounts of money we spend on it,

especially the happy hours. One thing I have noticed about the younger people is that they love to spend the company's money and are extremely extravagant.

I am also a team player, when it comes to things that are actually about work. I try to make the occassional obligatory showing (Lunch & Learns, work hour online tea/coffee breaks, etc.)

But when the workday is done I have no interest in spending more time with my work colleages in a group setting. I find small talk excruciating and hate the bar scene and flitting from person to person. Just not my thing.

I wonder if we will have a resurgence of one of the new variants of the virus now that things are opening back up again. I am also very cautious about being in crowds until we are sure that this Covid situation is really under control, which I don't think it is.