“Team bonding”
missing the days of social distancing and restrictions of gatherings.
Now that everything is “back to normal” all the team bonding activity is back and I absolutely hate it. I’m not even talking about having lunch, it’s those team building nonsense that I honest to god hate. The worse part is that since it’s “unofficial”, employees are the one who pay for their own food and activity. My take is that if you want to force me to spend time with the team, at least it should be freeand yes I have tried stating to go for lunch only but it didn’t work.
As with most teams, there’s always a few people you don’t get along with and I’m no exception. I usually don’t let it show and just keep things cordial but the thought of me having to pay to eat and team build with these people I don’t like is making me gag. I would actually rather work. I’m someone who grew up in low income and was told that money is hard to earn and time is very precious as it is limited so both should be spent wisely.
So forcing pay for things and spend time with people I literally don’t see outside of work is just mind-boggling to me. why is everyone so obsessed with team building anyway? I still don’t understand why we can’t just do a team lunch .
I miss group restriction days
Here are what netizens think:
- It helps them to know their team better outside of work setting. Take the time to understand their strengths, weaknesses and areas they can excel in and see if you can make changes accordingly.
- Come up with a family obligation excuse to get out of the events, one whereby you’re consistently obligated, like taking care of parents, as listed by a previous commenter. I like working remotely, the challenge is, it is less feasible if you don’t already have history with work colleagues.
- If it’s costly to you, then minimise the number of times for team bonding. E.g. Once a month or once every 2 months but be more objective about it.