So, my company is having the annual Christmas party in two weeks. I've been here almost a year, it will be my first Christmas part. I work in one of the local branch offices; the party will be held in the headquarters office with people from the other branches. I do not want to go.
I separate work and friendships/personal life. I do enjoy my job, but it's not interacting with my coworkers that bring value to my job. It's the actual work that I do and servicing my clients that make me enjoy my work. I have professional relationships with my colleagues; I am polite and will joke with a few people. But I view work as a place to work. My co-workers are wonderful people from the distance I have gotten to know them;but I just want to work, do my job and go home.
The second reason I don't want to go is because my boss (40F) is a known micromanager and she has done it at work events before. At one event we had at the office, one co-worker got in line to eat and she told her to sit down and wait for the others. She just finds ways to micromanage and ruin the mood.
Lastly, I've gone to a few other events just so I wouldn't be the odd ball out. There was our yearly bash. I just saw co-workers gossiping and watching what others did. One colleague later made a comment on how she saw me talking to this person all night long during the bash. I'm just not interested in those high school type of situations.
However, I'm worried that it may hurt me if I don't go. It will be visible that I am not there since our company is not that big. Additionally, a few weeks ago, there was a Thanksgiving lunch at headquarters. I didn't go; I chose to stay in our branch and do work. So this will be the second event I won't be at.
Anyone have any advice?
TL;DR; I don't want to go to my work Christmas party. I am afraid it will hurt me.
Submitted December 01, 2018 at 07:05PM by haitianfrenchfamily https://ift.tt/2Q6BlN3
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