Anonymous wrote:Nine in 10 event planners are optimistic about the state of in-person gatherings. 72% will hold more in-person meetings in 2023 than in 2022 and roughly half are willing to increase their budget by up to 20% to book a preferred hotel or venue to create a more curated experience.

Thanks, what is the source?

I am not attending any in person work events. The last event resulted in me catching COVID, an emergency room run due to a random auto-immune flare up, resulting from COVID and a month off of work.

I was able to receive covid compensation. However, I will never attend an in person event again. I risked my life and the well-being of my child.

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I see this commonly with teams that employ many people between 22 - 27. Sales development reps, junior associates, etc.

The 30+ crowd is not into it.

The 50-65 crowd is into it. The staff with staff with stay at home spouse into it.

I say only staff where spouse works full time with young kids are not into it as much if during a weekday. But on weekends they all come

I am 50+ and I am definitely not into this and for sure would not want to do anything work related on the weekend.

I think there are people whose social lives revolve around work, and people whose social lives are external to work. If your social life depends on work, then yes, I can see why you look forward to these things and are sad when they don't happen. But for those of us who have activities and friendships independent of work, all of these work social things essentially conflict with the things we enjoy doing.

+1 and Vegas has really gone down hill. Even though I never liked it. What about New Orleans or another city with some history?

Its fun for young adults and people with young kids but my teen would have zero interest in missing their stuff to go to that now. We have been to Vegas pre-covid for work events as a family and it was fun but there is no way I'm getting on a plane and risking a few weeks of illness for a few days of fun. It's way to disruptive for me to get sick to our family.

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I see this commonly with teams that employ many people between 22 - 27. Sales development reps, junior associates, etc.

The 30+ crowd is not into it.

The 50-65 crowd is into it. The staff with staff with stay at home spouse into it.

I say only staff where spouse works full time with young kids are not into it as much if during a weekday. But on weekends they all come

I am 50+ and I am definitely not into this and for sure would not want to do anything work related on the weekend.

I think there are people whose social lives revolve around work, and people whose social lives are external to work. If your social life depends on work, then yes, I can see why you look forward to these things and are sad when they don't happen. But for those of us who have activities and friendships independent of work, all of these work social things essentially conflict with the things we enjoy doing.

+1 and Vegas has really gone down hill. Even though I never liked it. What about New Orleans or another city with some history?

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I see this commonly with teams that employ many people between 22 - 27. Sales development reps, junior associates, etc.

The 30+ crowd is not into it.

The 50-65 crowd is into it. The staff with staff with stay at home spouse into it.

I say only staff where spouse works full time with young kids are not into it as much if during a weekday. But on weekends they all come

I am 50+ and I am definitely not into this and for sure would not want to do anything work related on the weekend.

I think there are people whose social lives revolve around work, and people whose social lives are external to work. If your social life depends on work, then yes, I can see why you look forward to these things and are sad when they don't happen. But for those of us who have activities and friendships independent of work, all of these work social things essentially conflict with the things we enjoy doing.

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I see this commonly with teams that employ many people between 22 - 27. Sales development reps, junior associates, etc.

The 30+ crowd is not into it.

The 50-65 crowd is into it. The staff with staff with stay at home spouse into it.

I say only staff where spouse works full time with young kids are not into it as much if during a weekday. But on weekends they all come

I am 50+ and I am definitely not into this and for sure would not want to do anything work related on the weekend.

Sorry Scrooge. Don’t go. I will be at our party next Saturday with family with free food, drinks, games, food trucks, cakes, movie and entertainment and prizes. Kids love it. There are 2-3 times the amount of kids and spouses at any company than employees. They enjoy it. It is not really for employees. What’s next canceling our Xmas party with spouse in a fancy hotel where we pay for hotel room and brunch? Don’t go. But pretty sure my wife would kill me

My husband’s company has tons of events for employees and never really stopped during covid (not in the DC area). He’s upper management and goes to most. Kids and I go to the family ones which they have every few months. They put on good parties with lots of food and drinks. While it’s not my first choice of activities they are fun.

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I see this commonly with teams that employ many people between 22 - 27. Sales development reps, junior associates, etc.

The 30+ crowd is not into it.

The 50-65 crowd is into it. The staff with staff with stay at home spouse into it.

I say only staff where spouse works full time with young kids are not into it as much if during a weekday. But on weekends they all come

I am 50+ and I am definitely not into this and for sure would not want to do anything work related on the weekend.

Sorry Scrooge. Don’t go. I will be at our party next Saturday with family with free food, drinks, games, food trucks, cakes, movie and entertainment and prizes. Kids love it. There are 2-3 times the amount of kids and spouses at any company than employees. They enjoy it. It is not really for employees. What’s next canceling our Xmas party with spouse in a fancy hotel where we pay for hotel room and brunch? Don’t go. But pretty sure my wife would kill me

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I see this commonly with teams that employ many people between 22 - 27. Sales development reps, junior associates, etc.

The 30+ crowd is not into it.

The 50-65 crowd is into it. The staff with staff with stay at home spouse into it.

I say only staff where spouse works full time with young kids are not into it as much if during a weekday. But on weekends they all come

I am 50+ and I am definitely not into this and for sure would not want to do anything work related on the weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I think this all sounds wonderful!!! I suppose if I had a spouse and kids in the house, I could understand while this would sound exhausting, but as a single older woman who lives alone, I would be looking forward to all of these events. I'm so glad I don't WFH!

My company most of those events family invited. Except the training and Xmas party spouse only.

I took my wife and kids to the board off site they had a blast. Movie night, rides, games, food trucks, prizes kids love it.

Baseball game whole family at nats.

Some people at work don’t do anything unless during work hours and being paid. But a lot love these things.

We also going to do a golf outing. People are depressed. Some people lonely, some people have no friends, some people get very little invites. Sorry we are trying to improve morale. I am not from DC originally and know very little people so my family enjoys it.

If you want to go, host, or what ever, great, but don't expect everyone to go. We would not.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Cancelling this BS was such a great aspect of the pandemic. Imagine just doing your work and not having to pretend to socialize and sit at boring conferences.

Except it is hard to get your work done if you don’t know anyone.

I started a new job in April I have been going to work everyday in person. I have attended all company events and work normal hours.

When I started a co-worker who started in Feb showed me some stuff. As months roll on he seems to get stupider and stupider. He works from home two days a week, he works a flex schedule and in office only 930am to 530 pm. Usually takes lunch 2-3
Cause he comes in late.

Given most of the key people at work he needs to interact with are in the office 830am to 530 pm and take lunch at normal times. He only is in office with coworkers 18 hours a week.

He was brand new in Feb and is new to this industry and new to this type of work. Which is fine. But he is picking up knowledge at a very slow rate and now asking dumb questions.

He does not attend events so when he gets PIP no one will care.

He describes all new graduates, people switching careers. He actually asked me the name of the person he needed data from he could not locate while the guy was in my office

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. Cancelling this BS was such a great aspect of the pandemic. Imagine just doing your work and not having to pretend to socialize and sit at boring conferences.

Exactly!

Well, I'm not going back to these work events, they are sheer torture in which to spend my supposed "free time".

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I see this commonly with teams that employ many people between 22 - 27. Sales development reps, junior associates, etc.

The 30+ crowd is not into it.

The 50-65 crowd is into it. The staff with staff with stay at home spouse into it.

I say only staff where spouse works full time with young kids are not into it as much if during a weekday. But on weekends they all come

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Anonymous wrote:We have at my work for 2024 planned

Movie night-twice
BBQ party
Xmas party - twice at my level
Week of training in Vegas
Baseball game
Football game
Birthday lunch with your dept company paid
Two all hand meetings in person at a country club
I also go an off site board meeting at resort

The staff all want things back to normal.

I think this all sounds wonderful!!! I suppose if I had a spouse and kids in the house, I could understand while this would sound exhausting, but as a single older woman who lives alone, I would be looking forward to all of these events. I'm so glad I don't WFH!

My company most of those events family invited. Except the training and Xmas party spouse only.

I took my wife and kids to the board off site they had a blast. Movie night, rides, games, food trucks, prizes kids love it.

Baseball game whole family at nats.

Some people at work don’t do anything unless during work hours and being paid. But a lot love these things.

We also going to do a golf outing. People are depressed. Some people lonely, some people have no friends, some people get very little invites. Sorry we are trying to improve morale. I am not from DC originally and know very little people so my family enjoys it.

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Anonymous wrote:just not enjoyable in light of people getting sick every time.

You are not kidding. We see that every time we have a work event gathering. No more contact tracing or informing others being done by the company, but it is a huge hit to productivity. Although a lot of people think they are expected to just work through sickness when they WFH.

Someone I have known and worked with for more than 25 years got COVID via an event like this last summer and spent a week in the hospital. (Fully vaccinated--it was required for our organizational stuff). No thank you, I'm not playing a role in planning more of that.