Went to exactly ONE mandated 'fun' event and never went to another. I was called out for having skipped the trust training session (just after it started) where we were supposed to fall backwards and let co-workers catch us before we hit the floor. Doesn't THAT sound like fun? It was promoted under the guise of free drinks after work.
This video would’ve been just as annoying if it were a group of men. It’s the combination of “we’re not a regular workplace, we’re a *cool* workplace” and group chants, two things that already tend to be eyeroll-y, that made the clip so grating. The fact that they were all women is, and should be, irrelevant.
Over the years, I've experienced this type of drivel which always seems like a physical version of a loyalty oath. My Dad told us about loyalty oaths common in the McCarthy era. Apparently we haven't grown up as a country and are regressing.
The more things change, the more things remain the same?
Apologies to Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (24 November 1808 – 29 September 1890), a French critic, journalist, and novelist.
Went to exactly ONE mandated 'fun' event and never went to another. I was called out for having skipped the trust training session (just after it started) where we were supposed to fall backwards and let co-workers catch us before we hit the floor. Doesn't THAT sound like fun? It was promoted under the guise of free drinks after work.
This video would’ve been just as annoying if it were a group of men. It’s the combination of “we’re not a regular workplace, we’re a *cool* workplace” and group chants, two things that already tend to be eyeroll-y, that made the clip so grating. The fact that they were all women is, and should be, irrelevant.
Forced fun is what we call these.
"Mandated fun" is idiotic and an oxymoron.
Over the years, I've experienced this type of drivel which always seems like a physical version of a loyalty oath. My Dad told us about loyalty oaths common in the McCarthy era. Apparently we haven't grown up as a country and are regressing.
The more things change, the more things remain the same?
Apologies to Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (24 November 1808 – 29 September 1890), a French critic, journalist, and novelist.