Well, Christmas has now been and gone and I hope you've been having a swell time. I enjoy the time away from work, though attention turns to what the next big challenge will be in career development - is it time for a change of direction, or expansion into web design or IT-related fields? Hmm...
Anyway, still pretty chilly in these parts (which I think is great by the way), and the pavements are like an ice-rink - are we entering a mini ice-age? Wonder what that would mean for us... might do some research into that and report back later.
Meantime, keep the spirits up!
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Office Parties
It's well into December and despite the belt-tightening, no doubt many of us are still planning on attending an office party to celebrate Christmas.
These annual social gatherings tend to be booze-fuelled, food-filled and tread a delicate balance on the thin line of what constitutes proper office behaviour with the risk of dangerous liaisons, misguided pranks, improper comments and generally poor business conduct all round.
So, why do we bother? Why do companies agree to sponsor these hot-pots of liquor, lust and loopy shenanigans? In the name of team-bonding? To show their employees how generous they are, or, to save on some tax that would be incurred if they simply gave their employees a small financial boost to their pay-packet? Your guess is as good as mine.
Oh, and by the way - I've got two office parties to attend this Christmas. Am I looking forward to them? Yes. And no. Mostly no though. Aside from the, hopefully, good food and the company of a handful of friends, I really struggle to see the attraction in these pretentious environments where we skip around the fact that we are all a bit uneasy with the whole situation by getting plastered and making fools of ourselves.
These annual social gatherings tend to be booze-fuelled, food-filled and tread a delicate balance on the thin line of what constitutes proper office behaviour with the risk of dangerous liaisons, misguided pranks, improper comments and generally poor business conduct all round.
So, why do we bother? Why do companies agree to sponsor these hot-pots of liquor, lust and loopy shenanigans? In the name of team-bonding? To show their employees how generous they are, or, to save on some tax that would be incurred if they simply gave their employees a small financial boost to their pay-packet? Your guess is as good as mine.
Oh, and by the way - I've got two office parties to attend this Christmas. Am I looking forward to them? Yes. And no. Mostly no though. Aside from the, hopefully, good food and the company of a handful of friends, I really struggle to see the attraction in these pretentious environments where we skip around the fact that we are all a bit uneasy with the whole situation by getting plastered and making fools of ourselves.
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