11-30-2005, 11:51 PM
John Wrote:I never said an individual had to be present 100% of the time - but chronic absenses from such events says a million words to the rest of the team
Yeah it says "I have shit to do when I'm not spending 60 hours at work".
I just dont see how someone that is otherwise hard working and gets the job done is going to be shunned. I think I just have a complete and total failure of comprehension on this. Between my family, and the friends that I had long before I started this job, and the racecar, I just dont make it out to that many work functions.
Besides, what is "chronic"? 50%? The last job I worked, I was working with the same team of ~15 people, every day, for 8 months. We all got a long fine, some of us would all go down to the hotel bar or out to dinner together, some people didnt always come and some people never came out. I never saw anyone on the team treated differently because of their social attendance or lack thereof. Hell, the managers were the ones that showed up the least!
John Wrote:Your hypothesis is indeed correct.
Thats what i was getting at - the fact that they dont come out for social functions isnt really the problem - just one manifestation of it.