Do Not Party In The Office

There to do seem to be many reasons out there why you shouldnt even think about having a New Years party in the office and I can say that some of this is down to personal experience and the rest is just well known.

What are the reasons why you shouldnt be doing this?

Drink

Something that never seems to mix in the office is booze. Although it can be a great idea to have a couple of drinks in the office around the festive season I wouldn’t recommend going too far. In fact I would actually say that it is a brilliant idea to have a couple of drinks with the colleagues because it will just lighten the mood in the office for the holidays.

Insurance

It had to be mentioned I’m afraid and although the insurance will cover many things that may be damaged from drink, fights and other things I am sure that not all office insurance policies will be happy to fork out hundreds and possibly thousands of pounds because the employees have been careless.

On top of this I will also say that a lot of small business insurance will not even cover you if you spill certain drinks like beer and wine over computers because those types of drinks are not generally acceptable in the work environment.

Just A Bit Of Personal Experience

This year we had our annual Christmas party here, well at least part of it, and it turned out nothing got broken but I think we were lucky and moving on to the pub was a good idea. There were drinks coming around from all over the place and I do not think that the bowling alley beers we had previously helped us at all.

Once again I must stress that if you have a few drinks whilst doing something like playing pool or having a game of poker there is nothing wrong. The problems only start occurring once people take the drinking too far and start to be careless of their surroundings.

Other Suggestions?

There are so many options out there in which you can take the office party. You could offer to pay for a nice meal as I am sure that no-one would refuse free food, then perhaps go out fora bit of a dance afterwards. It is only at venues like this where you get to see the people for who they are, the boss could turn out to be a really laid back person. I wouldn’t say that they should use this information against you in the office but to help you push forward in the company.

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