Christian Little

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.

So what are the major reasons?

Drink

Drink is never s good thing to have in an office, it just doesnt work. There is nothing wrong with having just a few drinks with the office employees but I wouldnt say that you should go too far. I really would suggest you have a couple of drinks with the people you work with as it just improves the mood 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’s Christmas office party was partly held here and although nothing got broken I certainly feel that if we didn’t move on to the pub when we did there would have been a fair few broken computers. 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. When you think about it, the only time in which the problems seem to occur is when people take things too far.

Other Suggestions?

There are so many options out there in which you can take the office party. 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. Something like this is really great as you get to see people for who they really are, a couple of drinks is all it takes really. I wouldn’t say that they should use this information against you in the office but to help you push forward in the company.