…not such a joy after all. In fact, for a lot of people it’s a drag they could happily live without.

accountingweb: A new study entitled `Health of the Workplace’ undertaken by insurance firm Aviva found that although nearly three out of five managers take staff to the pub for team building purposes, just over half of employees are not so keen on going out with their workmates and one in five actively dislike it.

The research also revealed that only 23% of bosses think that such socials create a positive sense of team spirit anyway, a third find them a bit of a drag and one in 10 feel obliged to attend to keep their staff happy.

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There was no mentioning the misery of turning up to work the day after the night before when you made a complete ass of yourself or shot your mouth off at a colleague. Both well known risks that also make work-oriented doos less than relaxing.

Risks eliminated in comany that doesn’t have a direct interest in our career progression or lack thereof, like friends.