Do You Attend Happy Hours For Your Co-Workers or Boss?

July 29, 2008

A recent CareerBuilder survey found that 82 percent of employees go to happy hours to bond with co-workers, while 11 percent go to spend quality time with the boss. Which is a stronger factor in driving you to office happy hours?

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3 years 42 weeks

My co-workers try to organize happy-hours once a month, because teachers need to let off some steam or else we'd all go postal.

skigurl 4 years 41 weeks

i dont go much, but when i do, i go cuz if i say no, my boss tells me i suck

bengalspice 4 years 41 weeks

My boss never goes to happy hour since she always has to rush home to take care of her 3 yr old daughter.

Cassandra57 4 years 41 weeks

I have also learned to compartmentalize my life: work stays at work, home stays at home. If things get rocky on the job, it's very challenging for work-based friendships.

ilanac13 4 years 41 weeks

at my old job they would have them all the time, and i would go to a few of them when i first started - but for me, i don't like to mix drinking and work - even if it's an out of the office situation cause things happen and people talk. if i had a dollar for every time i heard a story about someone hooking up with someone else as a result of a happy hour - then i would be rich.

freegracefrom 4 years 41 weeks

Oh how I miss the right-after-work happy hour scene. There's really no suitable place for something like that around where I live now or I'm sure I'd be organizing one!

carhornsinapril 4 years 41 weeks

i'm with CYL. i don't hang out with people from work, i like to keep it separate.

aistea311 4 years 41 weeks

In my dept, everyone is either married with kids or grandkids, but I do hang out with the people who are my age from other departments in my company at this local pub. It is almost a weekly thing and they are great company because they have the same sense of humor as me and can still show up to work at 8am the next day :true:

CYL 4 years 42 weeks

i keep my personal life personal and my work life professional.

tee0206 4 years 42 weeks

I'm kind of in a strange position where I work remotely, and all the people in my department are married with kids. They don't go to happy hours, but even just going to lunch with them for birthdays can be kind of awkward for me. When I had a job that involved working with lots of people with similar lifestyles, we went out to happy hour at least once a week. I still go out with some of them. Our bosses rarely went with us, though.