Some do, some don’t. I don’t want to do an activity I don’t like, with people I don’t like, in my own time. If there is the option for my employer to pay for me to do something I enjoy, with good colleagues, on their time, I would want to be there.

Explant:
jimipresley:
“Team building” is a myth. All it does is alienate the people who would rather not be there.
Unless it is a paid work day playing.
It depends on a person’s personality. When I used to have endure them I’d have happily been unpaid for the day.
Wow, go play with the team for free? You are a better man than I

jimipresley:
TT:
So what you’re saying is, it doesn’t have any impact on the people who do want to be there. Are you sure that’s what you mean to say?
Nobody wants to be there.
Some do, some don’t. I don’t want to do an activity I don’t like, with people I don’t like, in my own time. If there is the option for my employer to pay for me to do something I enjoy, with good colleagues, on their time, I would want to be there.
I think this sentiment shows how strong the team is, dunnit it?

BiggusDickus:
Explant:
jimipresley:
“Team building” is a myth. All it does is alienate the people who would rather not be there.
Unless it is a paid work day playing.
It depends on a person’s personality. When I used to have endure them I’d have happily been unpaid for the day.
Wow, go play with the team for free? You are a better man than I
Lazer Quest followed by chicken in a basket feigning interest? Yeah, I’d have preferred to have not gotten paid.
Having said that I’m not entirely sure what your point is. Which is another reason why I opted out of the corporate world.

Explant:
BiggusDickus:
Explant:
jimipresley:
“Team building” is a myth. All it does is alienate the people who would rather not be there.
Unless it is a paid work day playing.
It depends on a person’s personality. When I used to have endure them I’d have happily been unpaid for the day.
Wow, go play with the team for free? You are a better man than I
Lazer Quest followed by chicken in a basket feigning interest? Yeah, I’d have preferred to have not gotten paid.
Truly a heroic sacrifice. I wouldnt go through that for free…
This

When I used to have endure them I’d have happily been unpaid for the day.
and this

Nobody wants to be there.
a thousand times.
Nothing makes me feel less sociable than having it engineered and mandated.
The ultimate insult is when you’re stuck making proverbial balloon animals and you know there’s a mountain of actual work piling up.

How about the evergreen option of getting drunk and going whoring?
I think you’d need to be brothers in arms before venturing along that route!
Thanks for all the ideas.
The escape room seems a good option.
Followed by eating and drinking.
And if we are all in good spirits after that, onward to the KTV!
(BTW, how to recognise the sleaze-level of KTV places?)
… maybe a different topic?

Dr_Milker:
How about the evergreen option of getting drunk and going whoring?
I think you’d need to be brothers in arms before venturing along that route!
Thus the booze.

“Team building” is a myth. All it does is alienate the people who would rather not be there.
Finally someone said it and well said. It’s sometimes just a tax write off, sometimes just to see who will kiss their asses the most. And yeah not everyone want F . g team build in the weekends
If people just do their jobs professionally then bosses should leave them alone in their free time. Some people have lives outside work.
It has some value in some contexts, but I agree should always be on company time and company dime

It has some value in some contexts, but I agree should always be on company time and company dime
I was ranting but yeah , agree .