June 2008
Friday June 27, 2008
Posted by: eyoung at 9:57AM CST on June 27, 2008
PRNewswire With summer in full swing, more workers may be heading to happy hours. According to the new CareerBuilder.com survey, one in five workers (or 21 percent) say they attend happy hours with their co-workers. Of those who attend, nearly a quarter report that they go to happy hour at least once a month. Why go? It’s good for networking, right? Well, according to the survey, no. In fact, 85 percent said that attending happy hour did not help them get closer to someone higher up or land a better position in the company. So why do workers go to happy hour? Of those who don’t attend happy hour, 39 percent stay away because they like to keep their work and professional lives separate. Who’s going? Who is going to happy hour? An equal number of male and female workers say they attend happy hours with co-workers. Workers aged 25-34 were the most likely to attend (29 percent), while workers aged 55+ were the least likely at 15 percent. The Midwest leads with the most workers (23 percent) saying they go to happy hour with their co-workers, compared to 21 percent in the West and the South. The industries who ranked highest for happy hours were: What’s happening? When asked, workers reported the following incidents happened during a work happy hour: Whoops. Do you go to happy hour with coworkers? Which of the above office sins have you committed? (This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 6,987 full-time employees between Feb. 11 and March 13.) Monday June 2, 2008
Posted by: eyoung at 11:05AM CST on June 2, 2008
In the very long list of bizarre holidays, here’s one we can get behind. Today is "Leave the Office Early Day," according to the Calendars That Be. Plus, it’s June. It’s sunny. It’s finally warm. So let’s hear it: Who’s sneaking out early to enjoy the gorgeous weather? A quick search of the ‘Net found some tricks for stealing away before the day is done. (Disclaimer: Don’t actually try these at work, kiddos, or you may be spending a lot more time at home …) So for laughs and daydreams only: • Tell a coworker that you’re having computer problems (curse a little or slam your pen down for effect). Tell him or her that you’ve called tech services and you’re going to another desk until it’s fixed. Then disappear. • Bring in an old coat and leave it at your chair. Buy an extra wallet and set of keys and leave them on your desk. • Brew a cup of coffee and leave it steaming on your desk. Or leave a half-eaten sandwich in plain view. They’ll think you've just stepped away for a second. • Schedule e-mails for delivery while you’re gone. People will think you’re somewhere in the building. • Make a doctor’s appointment for early afternoon, even though you’re perfectly healthy. Pay the co-pay and leave with the rest of your day free. • Leave your car in the parking lot and hop a bus to get where you want to go. • Create a diversion. Tell everyone there’s doughnuts in the conference room and then head in the other direction. (Hint: Providing actual doughnuts will buy you time.) Sources: Link.Tip.Idea (linktipidea.com), GetOdd.com, KCblogging.com, Yahoo.com, and various other blog sites. And of course, there are hundreds of time-management tips out there to help you FINISH your work early so you can legitimately leave, guilt-free, excuse-free. I certainly am not following any of them by looking for such foolish, sneaky tricks online …
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