I had fun once. It was awful.

[firecat]

I don’t work in an office any more, but I’m doing a happy dance over this ruling in France. I never liked feeling worried that my disinterest in certain kinds of office fun would hurt my career. (I had plenty of fun in the office, but it was my fun with the colleagues who shared my sense of humor.)

The Right Not to Be Fun at Work
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-right-not-to-be-fun-at-work

In another win for workplace dignity, one of [France’s] highest courts recently suggested that businesses cannot force their employees to participate in office parties and other supposedly enjoyable activities.
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the court held that Monsieur T. had no obligation to attend retreats and Friday apéros. In fact, his bosses’ expectation that he join in violated his freedom of expression. Call it, as Arte did, “the right not to be fun.”

Comments

[silveradept]

Mandatory fun is one of the things that goes with jumbo shrimp and military intelligence. Thank goodness we don't have such activities in my workplace.

[firecat]

Yay for fun-optional workplaces!