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.

  • StarChip@kbin.cafe
    14·
    1 year ago

    I like my coworkers but work already doesn’t leave me enough time at home for projects and hobbies and relaxing. No way I am spending extra time away after work.

    • Narrrz@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      precisely this.

      I get along well enough with my coworker, but even if I were the socialising type, he’s not the sort of person I’d typically hang out with. I’d much rather go home to my fiance, my cats, and my hobbies.