Timeline for Is it ok to strictly separate professional life and personal life?
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| May 21, 2013 at 20:19 | comment | added | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | @aseq: Actually, I think that a 5-hour drive is an OK reason to not go (especially if they have not bothered to charter a bus or organize a car pool). Not everyone is willing/able to spend that much time to get to a staff event. You could also propose alternative locations for the next event that are closer and easier to get to. That would give the impression that you really do want to go, and probably would if the party were not so inconveniently located. | |
| May 17, 2013 at 16:20 | comment | added | Andreas Bonini | @aseq: from your comments, it appears you already knew your answer before posting the question and you seem completely convinced you should keep your work and personal life completely separate.. So why did you ask it at all? | |
| May 16, 2013 at 22:59 | comment | added | aseq | Yes makes sense, if said party does not require a 5 hour drive. :-) | |
| May 16, 2013 at 21:04 | comment | added | FrustratedWithFormsDesigner | @aseq: If the 3-day party is a work event, I'd suggest at least attend part of it, just to make an appearance (but you don't have to stay all 3 days, maybe just one meal and long enough to chat with a couple people, to be sociable). If you become "the guy who never comes to hang out with us", that could work against you. If your workplace regularly has 3-day parties and you don't want to attend, maybe it's not the right workplace for you (and are they hiring? ;) ). | |
| May 16, 2013 at 20:49 | comment | added | aseq | I agree for the most part and I certainly don't look down on anyone. Though if a team holiday party turns into a 3 day event including a weekend and national holiday I will politely decline. :-) With regards to close relatives of co-workers dying. I hardly ever heard of that and it's my experience people prefer to keep that to themselves or at the most tell it only to those they're close with (and HR if they need leave). Although my field (IT) may just be an oddball field with regards to such interpersonal communication. | |
| May 16, 2013 at 20:33 | history | answered | HLGEM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |