Office happy hours, client dinners and other after-hours work gatherings lose their luster as more people feel the pull of home.

Office happy hours, client dinners and other after-hours work gatherings lose their luster as more people feel the pull of home

Patience for after-hours work socializing is wearing thin.

After an initial burst of postpandemic happy hours, rubber chicken dinners and mandatory office merriment, many employees are adopting a stricter 5:01-and-I’m-done attitude to their work schedules. More U.S. workers say they’re trying to draw thicker lines between work and the rest of life, and that often means clocking out and eschewing invites to socialize with co-workers. Corporate event planners say they’re already facing pushback for fall activities and any work-related functions that take place on weekends.

    • @Potatos_are_not_friends
      11•1 year ago

      Ah that’s fair.

      Yeah had a few of those. They were always carefully written as “optional” but it was definitely a Convo piece of you didn’t show up.

      I typically showed face for an hour or two, had one beer, sucked up and left. Which is what I’m assuming everyone else did too

      • @[email protected]
        1•1 year ago

        I fought my boss over one of those voluntary gatherings. I had shit to do. He said it’s optional but if I want to get ahead I should go.

        I did not get ahead.