Corporate: rules of survival

The employee's reputation is formed not only by working days. How to avoid unpleasant situations in the midst of New Year's festivities at work? These tips will help both those who love and respect corporate parties, and those who tolerate them can not.

Law of Communication
The atmosphere of trust in the team improves production results. When employees become a monolith, they work contrary to the laws of mathematics: 1 + 1 in total give 11. One of the effective methods of team building, the art of building a team, are corporate. However, instead of enjoying the upcoming holiday, do you convulsively come up with an excuse that will justify your absence? It is worth pondering what caused such a strong reluctance to spend an evening with colleagues.

Advice for the shy: open up a new
Awkwardness is a natural reaction to an unfamiliar situation. At work, there are rules that clearly regulate our behavior, and the corporate involves the removal of the formal framework. Business ladies are afraid to destroy their strict image, newcomers are worried about the opinion of others ... What should I do? Do not get hung up on your own person! A former colleague, having settled into a new firm, an office party was waiting with horror. Do not go - suspected of disloyalty. To go, but what if they force you, like in a kindergarten, to climb onto a chair and read poems? Decided to go. Then she shared her impressions: "At first it was boring, as at the party meeting, but then, when the people started to sing and even the chief tightened the guitar" My dear, the sun, the forest ", it became very emotional. OK, I admit that the competitions are not punishment, but the opportunity show myself in a new way, maybe next time I decide to sing myself ... "

Council for home-stay people: treat with understanding
Do not like the format of the event? Yes, not everyone likes restaurants, even if the treat is "on the ball." One likes the democratic atmosphere of the pub, another is family comfort, and the third is library silence. But try to put yourself in the place of the organizers: imagine how difficult it is to please all the guests! Anticipating that the scenario of the holiday will be uninteresting to you, think about how you can fit into it without much discomfort. So, one familiar programmer did not want to participate in the masquerade, but he thought of compensating for the lack of a suit with a joke: he took a dictaphone out of his pocket, put it under the sofa and announced that today he would be Major Melnichenko. By the way, in the contest for the best image the guy with a confident margin bypassed Madame de Pompadour, who laid out for the rental of her luxurious costume a considerable sum.

Advice for non-humans: look for a positive
If only the thought of a party in a company of colleagues provokes insuperable resistance, it's time to think about changing jobs. Each person will of chance may not be in his place in a fundamentally alien environment. However, it may be that your problem is in an internal aggressive mood. Think, maybe corporate is a chance to see the people you work with, with different eyes? Proceed from the intention to learn about others something new, good and interesting.

A respectful reason
If you collect all the tips and ideas that people sharing on the forums do not want to go to corporate, you can publish a thick directory. Why lie? Visiting of celebratory actions is not registered in working duties. You can sincerely love your colleagues, share corporate values ​​- and do not endure karaoke or bowling. Instead of writing stories about the sudden arrival of a grandmother or a flood in an apartment, it's better to honestly explain that you will be more pleased with the evening on a sofa with a rug and a cat than a noisy party at the club. It is important to inform colleagues and superiors that your position is "for yourself", and not "against others." This is a completely correct version of the behavior. However, it is permissible for those who are already well known in the team. Beginners still should take part in the general celebration and get better acquainted with the new environment.

The law of self-preservation
You do not need to persuade - you will not wait for a party? That after it did not have to painfully blush, do not forget about the pitfalls that may lurk at the bottom of the river of corporate fun.

Advice for teetotalers: do not get drunk
The danger of unnoticed search often lurks non-drinkers than those who have alcohol on you. The story of the shy secretary Lenochka, which the chief tried to stir up, adding wine, is indicative. Not daring to refuse, she obediently drank a glass with a glass. As a result, Lenochka spent the rest of the evening in the restroom, and the next morning she wrote a statement requesting her resignation at her own request. We often criticize ourselves much stricter than others. But that does not zagryzla conscience, it is better not to give her a reason. At the banquet, anything can happen, so it's good if the girlfriend delicately hints that it's time to stop, or someone from the present will take responsibility and send a coached home to a taxi home.

Advice for loners: do not get carried away
After New Year's corporate one of an old friend blossomed. It turned out that a nice colleague admitted to her in tender feelings and even voiced plans for a joint life. However, a happy end did not happen. A few weeks of a stormy romance - and the young man returned safely to his wife. "I feel deceived by a fool," the friend confesses, "because no one was pulling his tongue and demanding promises." Now, at least, leave me ... "A service romance is an ambiguous phenomenon. An instant passionate impulse, of course, can lead to a serious relationship, or maybe, as in the case of the above-described history, fundamentally spoil the situation at work. Did not work out? Do not be upset! But if you do not want your personal life to sleep the subject of discussion, envy or sympathy of colleagues, look for your soulmate outside the work collective.

Advice for the talkative: do not forget yourself
At the corporate party, everyone was whispering about the fact that the new employee would soon be on the rise. Well, how, the charm itself, everyone jokes with anecdotes, plays the guitar, and in the intervals between the artistic numbers something seriously discusses with the authorities! However, after a few days a brilliant professional who could persuade anyone to put the signature in the right place was dismissed ... For half an hour of conversation he, without hesitation, laid out all the secrets to which he had access in the previous work, and even seasoned them with a portion of unseemly gossip, "the director admitted. "We do not need such" spy finds "! Here comments are superfluous. That's really really - not only working days form the reputation of an employee!