Why are companies obsessed with this shit? I don’t care about icebreakers or whatever I just want to clock in and do my job and then log off. I don’t think I should be harangued just because I don’t participate in every damn meeting.
The common wisdom is that it reduces turnover without having to reduce hours or increase pay. Hopefully the employer is smart enough to know this shit only has any hope of being effective if it isn’t mandatory, lol.
My last two jobs had a bunch of mandatory fun events and I would always just not go and then lie about having gone
Being a gifted confabulator, I could always convince people that, yes, I was in fact there and yes, I did see Liz fall down during a trust fall because Amy has noodle arms
Yeah my job can’t even do that shit right. They held a party at this pretentious event center that basically used VR headsets dangling from scaffolding to justify having zero arcade cabinets.
Oh and it was on the opposite side of town and only 5 minutes away from corporate.
It lets supervisors/managers know who is willing to play ball and never have a life outside or work or with other people outside of your fellow employees.
I think it doesn’t count as parasocial if you actually know each other irl, but I’m not a sociologist.
The work friend thing can be emotionally draining af sometimes though.
Did somebody say pizza party? Yay, being treated like a grade schooler is just what the workplace needed.
