Overworked employee refuses to attend Christmas party after overhearing coworkers ‘trash talk’ about him, leading to a stern debate about work events: ‘So done with this company’

Let's talk about mandatory, after-hours work events. We all have mixed feelings about them. 

On one hand, we spend a minimum of 8 hours with the same people at the office, if we're lucky enough, we actually see them as friends, but more often than not, they are simply colleagues. Sure, they might be nice people, but we have no desire to see them after we clock out of the job. Being forced to spend more time with them at another location, is not something many of us appreciate. Once we clock out, we all just want to be home, and not 'team-building' with people we already see more than our actual families.

On the other hand, as much as we love to sulk about it, many times these work events end up being fun. They do exactly what they are made to do – they bring us closer, they provide a nice outlet from work, and they add another level of connection with the people we see more than our actual families.

There is no correct answer about whether or not work events should be a thing, we can only provide different opinions about it, like the opinions made in this Reddit story. Spoiler alert – if you enjoy work events, you will not agree with everything that is said below.