It’s that season again… the wind is chilly and the Christmas trees are all up. Businesses all around the world are trying to capitalize from this season. But there’s another question business owners need to be considering: should we hold a Christmas party for the employees?
For many, parties are a waste of time and resources. The money we pour into parties can go somewhere else, preferably into our pockets or into more investments. There’s nothing like a Christmas party for employees to set you back a few hundreds of dollars. Even thousands, in some estimates. And yet, offices everywhere are planning, executing, and looking forward to the idea of a grand or even simple celebration with co-workers and friends.
Strengthening Interpersonal Relationships
There’s one reason why you should definitely invest in throwing a party for your workers: parties build camaraderie and friendships. Don’t you want to be friends with your workers? Or at least, don’t want your employees to stop bickering and instead be friends with each other? Not tolerant of each other, but actual friends who want the best for the team and ergo, the company.
While we do team building activities all-year-round and we pay for seminars and conferences to build the rapport of the whole team, there’s nothing like Christmas gift giving, dancing, singing, eating, and general merriment to create a bond that will last beyond the walls of your office space.
Even the preparation for the party gives everyone an excuse to talk to each other and mend ties that might have been broken over the year because of work-related stress and issues. Can you imagine what one whole year of working can do to us physically, mentally, and emotionally? Most of us give in to the pressure of handling our personal and professional lives and at some point, we’ll probably snap at an innocent co-worker who simply wants to get things done. Of course, this creates office tension, one that even bosses are sometimes not allowed to interfere into.
Christmas parties are a great chance to mend fences and to reevaluate our relationships with our co-workers. We know that the pressure of the job is the only thing that makes us grumpy and we’re not actually horrible people but still, it would be nice to have a kind of end-of-the-year party where we can relax and bridge the gap brought about by office-related tensions.
So if you own a business, whether large or small, Christmas is a good place to start building a relationship with your new hires, mending fences that have been broken because of work-related problems, and strengthening the camaraderie of the whole team.
Is It Worth It?
Yes, maybe the current economy and the slow return of investment are reasons not to spend a dime on a single party where your workers are going to be too drunk to be functional the next day. Maybe it’s not exactly wise to spend hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on food, music, and other forms of entertainment. But have you read studies on employee behavior? Employees are more productive when they are happy in their workplaces and they are happy in their workplaces when their bosses respect them and give them confidence.
For many, parties are a waste of time and resources. The money we pour into parties can go somewhere else, preferably into our pockets or into more investments. There’s nothing like a Christmas party for employees to set you back a few hundreds of dollars. Even thousands, in some estimates. And yet, offices everywhere are planning, executing, and looking forward to the idea of a grand or even simple celebration with co-workers and friends.
There’s one reason why you should definitely invest in throwing a party for your workers: parties build camaraderie and friendships. Don’t you want to be friends with your workers? Or at least, don’t want your employees to stop bickering and instead be friends with each other? Not tolerant of each other, but actual friends who want the best for the team and ergo, the company.
While we do team building activities all-year-round and we pay for seminars and conferences to build the rapport of the whole team, there’s nothing like Christmas gift giving, dancing, singing, eating, and general merriment to create a bond that will last beyond the walls of your office space.
Even the preparation for the party gives everyone an excuse to talk to each other and mend ties that might have been broken over the year because of work-related stress and issues. Can you imagine what one whole year of working can do to us physically, mentally, and emotionally? Most of us give in to the pressure of handling our personal and professional lives and at some point, we’ll probably snap at an innocent co-worker who simply wants to get things done. Of course, this creates office tension, one that even bosses are sometimes not allowed to interfere into.
Christmas parties are a great chance to mend fences and to reevaluate our relationships with our co-workers. We know that the pressure of the job is the only thing that makes us grumpy and we’re not actually horrible people but still, it would be nice to have a kind of end-of-the-year party where we can relax and bridge the gap brought about by office-related tensions.
So if you own a business, whether large or small, Christmas is a good place to start building a relationship with your new hires, mending fences that have been broken because of work-related problems, and strengthening the camaraderie of the whole team.
Yes, maybe the current economy and the slow return of investment are reasons not to spend a dime on a single party where your workers are going to be too drunk to be functional the next day. Maybe it’s not exactly wise to spend hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on food, music, and other forms of entertainment. But have you read studies on employee behavior? Employees are more productive when they are happy in their workplaces and they are happy in their workplaces when their bosses respect them and give them confidence.