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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 29, 2016, 01:10:52 pm ---Since I'm a contract worker, I always count company parties as billable working hours. But they're fun enough that I'd almost go anyway. They always feature free food, open bars and interesting venues. And I like most of my coworkers.
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Wow! They let you bill them for time spent attending a party?
Our parties have been mixed bags over the years. There is always free food, rarely free liquor, sometimes interesting venues. But we all do generally get along well.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!
Took today off as I was out late last night for the Oscar party, it was a lot of fun.
:)
Doing laundry now, and I feel like I could take a nap. lol
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends!
LOL, well, with as little as I drink lately, if that's all it takes to have an intervention, a lot more people would be having them.
:laugh:
Happy hump day everyone! Hope that the rest of the week goes by quickly, and we slide our way to the weekend!
brianr:
What is an intervention?
I want to tell you that yesterday I went to our Town Hall and swore allegiance to New Zealand.
I am now proud to be a Kiwi.
I took 4 friends to lunch beforehand. My sister sent me the money for the lunch. I know she would have liked to come but it would have been a waste of money to fly so far when she was here last October and she and her husband are coming to NZ on a cruise and (weather gods permitting) the ship will spend a day in Dunedin on April 11.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 29, 2016, 01:41:03 pm ---Wow! They let you bill them for time spent attending a party?
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Well, it's on the honor system, so I guess it's my decision when I add up my hours to invoice. But I think it seems reasonable. The parties are explicitly organized as team-bonding events. The free food and drinks and interesting venues are nice, but I can't say I'd necessarily attend them if I didn't work there. It's similar to having dinner with a potential client.
Besides, it's a global Fortune 500 corporation; as a contract worker I don't get health insurance, PTO or any other benefits, so I figure they can pay me for a couple of hours of partying now and then.
Justifying, much? ::)
Recently the boss sent out a message saying she'd be hosting a happy hour that very evening to introduce someone from another office. I asked a coworker if she was planning to go. "I don't think we have a choice," she said. (That seemed a little extreme, but still.)
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