When the holidays arrive, employees look forward to cutting loose at the annual office party, but landmines are all over the place when the computers are switched off and the gang lets loose. Alcohol and employees could be a recipe for disaster… that’s bad regardless whether you shake it or stir it!
Think of employees like a group of college-age kids… they may need to have their car keys taken away from them before they start up with the beer-ponging.
We don’t want to be total killjoys by nixing the annual party for fear that the employees won’t be able to handle their liquor, but there are a few safeguards that we can enforce to help keep party revelers from doing harm during (or after) the festivities:
Keep in mind, with this world of social media in which we live, there might be a few unsavory selfies and other images that find their way onto Facebook pages and Instagram accounts. Try to cut everyone some slack, because chances are the hangovers might be accompanied by a few sheepish apologies.