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.

  • eran_morad@lemmy.world
    344·
    1 year ago

    Fuck work. They gotta bribe me to be there, I’m putting in minimal time and effort. Fuck all that bullshit.

    • andy_wijaya_med@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      It really depends on the work you’re doing I guess. Can you imagine if a neurosurgeon who gonna operate on you (hypothetically) think like that?

      • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
        51·
        1 year ago

        I’d rather be cut into by a neurosurgeon who does it because he’s paid than one who does it because it’s fun…