Timeline for How can an employee kindly decline to participate in an office potluck?
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Nov 17, 2016 at 1:22 | comment | added | user428517 | @HLGEM yeah, this is simply not true in many professional fields. Perhaps the field you're in, but it's not true for everyone. There are many, many jobs where technical skill is 90% of what you need. Mostly in science-related fields. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 15:05 | comment | added | Sean Houlihane | @HLGEM Nice generalization there. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 15:01 | comment | added | HLGEM | @SeanHoulihane, you are also paid to interact with humans, you need to get over that attitude. Technical skills are about 30% of what you need in the workplace. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 14:50 | comment | added | David | Number six is a huge factor. The goal of the activity is to help people mix, but if you're putting people in a situation that makes them feel uncomfortable then they are only going to feel further excluded. People socialize in different ways and modern workplace environments need to understand and cater for this. | |
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Nov 16, 2016 at 13:21 | comment | added | Sean Houlihane | @VietnhiPhuvan I am paid (well) for my technical abilities, not for my desire to interact with humans. If HR try and disrupt my value to the company, I'll make it clear where the cost of replacing me was originated. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 13:18 | comment | added | Vietnhi Phuvan | @SeanHoulihane - If you work for an employer and being compelled to participate in a social setting is stressful to you, I'd count that against you unless you come up with a good reason why. | |
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Nov 16, 2016 at 13:05 | comment | added | Vietnhi Phuvan | @Racheet - If you say "I don't eat lunch" or "I am fasting", that's fine - nobody is forcing anyone to eat. Period. But even if you don't eat lunch, you might consider being gracious enough to part with enough cash to buy say a bag of cookies. "Some people are on diets" is irrelevant as they bring their own food and nobody is forcing them to eat someone else's food. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 11:42 | comment | added | Racheet | What if you don't eat lunch? Some people fast for religious reasons, some people are on diets, some people just don't eat a meal in the middle of the day. The idea that "you have to eat lunch" is bizarre, many people don't. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 10:26 | comment | added | Sean Houlihane | I feel this misses the point. The organiser should appreciate that for some people, feeling compelled to participate is stressful, and the organiser is the one at fault for not providing an easy way out. | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 10:16 | comment | added | Kilisi | Good options, the other one is just don't show up for the event, if asked (which may or may not happen). ' Had to do something.' | |
Nov 16, 2016 at 9:04 | comment | added | Walfrat | While I agree with the you pay every day for food, forcing people to come & pay for an event seems IMHO unlikely to get them really build a team spirit. | |
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Nov 16, 2016 at 8:30 | history | answered | Vietnhi Phuvan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |