New Year In The Office?

There to do seem to be many reasons out there why you shouldnt even think about having a New Years party in the office and I can say that some of this is down to personal experience and the rest is just well known.

What are the reasons why you shouldnt be doing this?

Drink

Drink is certainly not something that you should mix in the office. There is nothing wrong with having just a few drinks with the office employees but I wouldnt say that you should go too far. In fact I would actually say that it is a brilliant idea to have a couple of drinks with the colleagues because it will just lighten the mood in the office for the holidays.

Insurance

It had to be mentioned I’m afraid and although the insurance will cover many things that may be damaged from drink, fights and other things I am sure that not all office insurance policies will be happy to fork out hundreds and possibly thousands of pounds because the employees have been careless.

On top of this I will also say that a lot of small business insurance will not even cover you if you spill certain drinks like beer and wine over computers because those types of drinks are not generally acceptable in the work environment.

Just A Bit Of Personal Experience

This year we had our annual Christmas party here, well at least part of it, and it turned out nothing got broken but I think we were lucky and moving on to the pub was a good idea. Drinks were being passed around left, right and centre and it didn’t help that we had all had a couple of beers at the bowling alley.

However I will say once again that there is nothing wrong with having a few in office games like pool, gaming or of course poker. The thing is, the only time in which these problems seem to happen is when people just take things a bit.

Other Options?

Other than staying in the office there are actually many options out there to choose from. You could perhaps go for a paid trip to a restaurant and hit the clubs and all of the employees would happily go out if they know their food is paid for. It is only at venues like this where you get to see the people for who they are, the boss could turn out to be a really laid back person. I wouldn’t say that they should use this information against you in the office but to help you push forward in the company.