Has anyone been on one of those management away day/team building type things that you've actually felt helped you work more effectively as a team?
Reminds me of when all the managers of the company I used to work for used to go on 'retreats'. My old manager would say that it's basically just a big corporate **** up that's being paid for by them.
Waste of time
I love how you bunch of grumpy sods see having a laugh with work colleagues, getting a fancy meal and an open bar paid for by work as a waste of time![]()
I love how you bunch of grumpy sods see having a laugh with work colleagues, getting a fancy meal and an open bar paid for by work as a waste of time![]()
It is a waste of time though. And more often than not the entire day is longer than 8 hours, especially with travel to somewhere away from the office, I'm not being paid that overtime or being given it in lieu.
I walk to work in 10 minutes, work exactly 8 hours and walk home in 10 minutes then live my life, and that's the way I likes it!
I don't go to work to socialise and a free lunch/ bar isn't really high on my list when I'm annoyed about being dragged away from the office to satiate some ridiculous HR ******s idea of how an office should be run.
Usually having to listen to some nobhead training person who likes to tell me how to do my job despite the fact they couldn't get a real job themselves.
At most teambuilding should be going to the pub at lunchtime - that I could do. I like beer, I like the pub and I especially like drinking on the job.
3 problems with that.
1. Most colleagues aren't a laugh.
2. The food is usually awful.
3. Most of us tend to drive to team building activities so can't abuse the bar tab.
Yeah so we do the whole going out at lunch time/after work thing but we've done it so much it's getting a bit stale imo and not improving team spirit. I was just thinking what else could be done - day out doing clay pigeon shooting type of thing. I know that people will moan, but that doesn't mean they don't enjoy it in the end![]()
I'm so glad I don't work with people like you!![]()
It is a waste of time though. And more often than not the entire day is longer than 8 hours, especially with travel to somewhere away from the office, I'm not being paid that overtime or being given it in lieu.
I walk to work in 10 minutes, work exactly 8 hours and walk home in 10 minutes then live my life, and that's the way I likes it!
I don't go to work to socialise and a free lunch/ bar isn't really high on my list when I'm annoyed about being dragged away from the office to satiate some ridiculous HR ******s idea of how an office should be run.
Usually having to listen to some nobhead training person who likes to tell me how to do my job despite the fact they couldn't get a real job themselves.
At most teambuilding should be going to the pub at lunchtime - that I could do. I like beer, I like the pub and I especially like drinking on the job.