Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
Jul 31st 2008, 3:44 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
What the US?!?!?! No I bleedin' don't. Most people seem to take their jobs very seriously here, even the most menial ones. There's little to no larking around, piss-taking or craic. Most people are either busy brown-nosing, scoring brownie points while being generally serious and uptight. To have fun at work is seen as unprofessional and not take your job seriously. Heaven forbid you poke fun at co-workers or the boss. Very brainwashed and interested in climbing to the next rung of the ladder. Maybe it's just my business or an LA attitude??
There's a guy here that wears a Mickey Mouse tie, and we are allowed to wear jeans on Fridays. We did get a Christmas party last year, but we had to chip in for the food and drink and work an extra hour to make up the time it took.
Jul 31st 2008, 3:48 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
Are you serious
Jul 31st 2008, 3:49 pm
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Jul 31st 2008, 3:50 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
What the US?!?!?! No I bleedin' don't. Most people seem to take their jobs very seriously here, even the most menial ones. There's little to no larking around, piss-taking or craic. Most people are either busy brown-nosing, scoring brownie points while being generally serious and uptight. To have fun at work is seen as unprofessional and not take your job seriously. Heaven forbid you poke fun at co-workers or the boss. Very brainwashed and interested in climbing to the next rung of the ladder. Maybe it's just my business or an LA attitude??
Jul 31st 2008, 3:53 pm
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Jul 31st 2008, 4:07 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
http://www.bowlluckystrike.com/
The object was that everyone would bond and get loose while bowling, and all that team building stuff
Myself and a few guys got there early before my boss who was picking up the tab and expensing it as a corporate event. I ordered a beer and paid for it myself. The other guys would not even order a beer or soda before my boss arrived to open the tab in case they had to shell out the $5 themselves as I had.
After the 'fun' was over and the alloted 2 hours for our group bowling was done , the boss paid and closed the tab. The place cleared like there was a fire and I was left with only one other employee, holding a fresh beer I just ordered. Not the first time I've seen that 'fun' is serious business in the US, needing organization, time limits and defined structure
Jul 31st 2008, 4:08 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
Mickey Mouse tie? Do you work with a David Brent?
Sad to my mind. But at least he had a Christmas party. I do find the PC'ism around the bland non denominational holidays season is awful. I personally don't care much for Chrimbo. Ironic that GB is such a secular country and Christmas is celebrated for other purposes. No one seems to get upset and its a multicultural society. Far left councils are popularly ridiculed for PC Chrimbo policies. Suppose the difference is since the holiday allowances are longer you can easily escape if you want.....
Of course they have the generous 2 days for Thanks turkey here which seems to involve people madly flying somewhere for a day or so of family discord....
Sad to my mind. But at least he had a Christmas party. I do find the PC'ism around the bland non denominational holidays season is awful. I personally don't care much for Chrimbo. Ironic that GB is such a secular country and Christmas is celebrated for other purposes. No one seems to get upset and its a multicultural society. Far left councils are popularly ridiculed for PC Chrimbo policies. Suppose the difference is since the holiday allowances are longer you can easily escape if you want.....
Of course they have the generous 2 days for Thanks turkey here which seems to involve people madly flying somewhere for a day or so of family discord....
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Jul 31st 2008, 4:10 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
The year before last we went bowling at 'Lucky strike' in Hollywood;
http://www.bowlluckystrike.com/
The object was that everyone would bond and get loose while bowling, and all that team building stuff
Myself and a few guys got there early before my boss who was picking up the tab and expensing it as a corporate event. I ordered a beer and paid for it myself. The other guys would not even order a beer or soda before my boss arrived to open the tab in case they had to shell out the $5 themselves as I had.
After the 'fun' was over and the alloted 2 hours for our group bowling was done , the boss paid and closed the tab. The place cleared like there was a fire and I was left with only one other employee, holding a fresh beer I just ordered. Not the first time I've seen that 'fun' is serious business in the US, needing organization, time limits and defined structure
http://www.bowlluckystrike.com/
The object was that everyone would bond and get loose while bowling, and all that team building stuff
Myself and a few guys got there early before my boss who was picking up the tab and expensing it as a corporate event. I ordered a beer and paid for it myself. The other guys would not even order a beer or soda before my boss arrived to open the tab in case they had to shell out the $5 themselves as I had.
After the 'fun' was over and the alloted 2 hours for our group bowling was done , the boss paid and closed the tab. The place cleared like there was a fire and I was left with only one other employee, holding a fresh beer I just ordered. Not the first time I've seen that 'fun' is serious business in the US, needing organization, time limits and defined structure
Jul 31st 2008, 4:11 pm
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Jul 31st 2008, 4:12 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
The year before last we went bowling at 'Lucky strike' in Hollywood;
http://www.bowlluckystrike.com/
The object was that everyone would bond and get loose while bowling, and all that team building stuff
Myself and a few guys got there early before my boss who was picking up the tab and expensing it as a corporate event. I ordered a beer and paid for it myself. The other guys would not even order a beer or soda before my boss arrived to open the tab in case they had to shell out the $5 themselves as I had.
After the 'fun' was over and the alloted 2 hours for our group bowling was done , the boss paid and closed the tab. The place cleared like there was a fire and I was left with only one other employee, holding a fresh beer I just ordered. Not the first time I've seen that 'fun' is serious business in the US, needing organization, time limits and defined structure
http://www.bowlluckystrike.com/
The object was that everyone would bond and get loose while bowling, and all that team building stuff
Myself and a few guys got there early before my boss who was picking up the tab and expensing it as a corporate event. I ordered a beer and paid for it myself. The other guys would not even order a beer or soda before my boss arrived to open the tab in case they had to shell out the $5 themselves as I had.
After the 'fun' was over and the alloted 2 hours for our group bowling was done , the boss paid and closed the tab. The place cleared like there was a fire and I was left with only one other employee, holding a fresh beer I just ordered. Not the first time I've seen that 'fun' is serious business in the US, needing organization, time limits and defined structure
Jul 31st 2008, 4:14 pm
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Jul 31st 2008, 4:14 pm
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Re: Do you find the workplace/workers more casual here?
As for a Christmas party-our HQ is in ATL, and they have taken to having a dinner party at a restaurant there in January for a holiday celebration.
However, since it's 300 miles away and mainly people I could care less about socializing with, it's not high on my to do list, so I don't. I paid my dues as an Army wife socializing whether I felt like it or not.I would rather whoop it up with folks I know and like.
Jul 31st 2008, 4:17 pm
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