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Archer

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So I have this work team building thingy coming up... which takes up a whole weekend (from Saturday morning to Sunday lunch)...
Can they force us to go? I'm really not keen on wasting yet another weekend especially after being away from home for around 7 weeks
 
If you go you can make sure they never invite you again...
 
if I was you I would discuss it with my boss.

Explain how much time you've been away from home & either decline or offer to go for 1 day(if it's not to far from home)
 
usually if you don't go it reflects badly and means you're not a team player
 
They cant force you especially since its on the weekend. Tell them you cant give up another weekend after not being at home for 7 weeks or if you want to you could make up some other excuse which they cant refuse.

If they paying you for your time, i would consider it, team building as cheesy as they are sometimes, still make some difference to they way you work with your colleagues - even if its a short term gain.
 
Tell them you are a pastor in your church and need to do your annual pilgrimage that weekend. No further elaboration required. Hell, even if you're an atheist, going to the pub getting hammered and blaspheming may well be a valid atheist pilgrimage.
 
I would flatly refuse, even if they offered to pay me overtime.

Matter of principle - if they are so keen to organise a team building excursion, then do it during work hours.
 
MickeyD said:
I would flatly refuse, even if they offered to pay me overtime.

Matter of principle - if they are so keen to organise a team building excursion, then do it during work hours.
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+1 I always avoided those things like the plague, even in office hours I would rather find a crisis that needs attending to :D
 
ponder said:
+1 I always avoided those things like the plague, even in office hours I would rather find a crisis that needs attending to :D
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I've always organised mine during work hours. What many people do not realise is that there are legal ramifications if something goes wrong if it is held after hours, e.g. IOD, insurance claims if involved in accidents, disciplinary issues if someone "misbehaves", etc.
 
MickeyD said:
I would flatly refuse, even if they offered to pay me overtime.

Matter of principle - if they are so keen to organise a team building excursion, then do it during work hours.
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Screw them. I do not even go to the year end function. Yes I'm not a team player. That is why you did not retrench me. I can work without a babysitter.

They can not force you. I wanted to go this year, we would have gone for merc advanced driving. Nothing teamy about that..:twisted:

It was cancelled :mad:
 
Team building is such a farce imo.

Give me a chance and I'll use a less than favoured colleague as a floatation device to cross a raging white water rapid.

That's teamwork isn't it?
 
My brother works for a well-known alcoholic beverage company. You can imagine the general trend they follow on team building weekends.
 
How will there be synergy in the group if one of you doesn't go... you don't want everyone to call you an anti-synergist.
 
EnchanterG said:
Team building is such a farce imo.
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Agree.

Even work socials are crap. When I just started working this one no bs manager mentioned to me you can't even work with some of the people now they expect you to go drink a beer with them, fsck that! He was not referring to the staff under him (he picked them) but to his peers (some of them were two faced lying back stabbers). He was not a anti-social d__s but had no time for bs and was generally well liked and got on with most people.

I agree with him.
 
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