SARAH BUITENDACH: The long overdue death of the office party
If there’s one positive that might come out of this trash fire of a year, it’s that there will surely be fewer of these forced festivities pockmarking the corporate landscape
11 November 2020 - 06:00
There’s the guy from finance who’s just made his fourth weird comment about vaccines. And the big boss who looks uncomfortable mixing with staff he’s never seen in his life, though they work in the same building. There’s Nathan from procurement, who’s drunk already, and that lady from logistics is energy vampire-ing everyone on one side of the table with stories about her dogs.
Ah, the festive season office party. What a moment of unrivalled merriment and pleasure. The culmination of months of hard slog and a celebration of team work...
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