On the one hand, getting to know your coworkers personally outside of work is really important for organizing, and also (speaking from experience) very fulfilling (provided your coworkers aren’t all just total assholes)
On the other hand, it’s too bad alcohol culture is so entertwined with this, and I say this as an unrepentant booze hobbyist. Hopefully we can collectively find an after work and/or lunchtime social culture that allows space for people who don’t partake in alcohol
my office’s cooler people do a music thing now and then, along with some people who left that they were also cool with. it seems fun though I’ve avoided going for concerns over only having work friends
I’m of two minds about this.
On the one hand, getting to know your coworkers personally outside of work is really important for organizing, and also (speaking from experience) very fulfilling (provided your coworkers aren’t all just total assholes)
On the other hand, it’s too bad alcohol culture is so entertwined with this, and I say this as an unrepentant booze hobbyist. Hopefully we can collectively find an after work and/or lunchtime social culture that allows space for people who don’t partake in alcohol
my office’s cooler people do a music thing now and then, along with some people who left that they were also cool with. it seems fun though I’ve avoided going for concerns over only having work friends