Why a Friday afternoon drink at work is VERY important
Do you want a promotion? Then it's best to bring a bottle of wine to the office. And please open that bottle on Friday afternoon at four o'clock.
It is indeed the case that if you have a drink and toast to your work, it improves your bond with both your colleagues and your boss. Not that alcohol is necessarily needed to achieve something like this, of course, but yes, give a hard worker a beer or a glass of wine after hours of toil and after a long work week and voila: everyone becomes a bit looser. A bit more enthusiastic. Before you know it, someone is playing music through the laptop and the party is complete. And let that be just as important as sitting next to each other typing and focusing at a desk for eight hours a day. Those moments of relaxation are oh so necessary.
Because yes, it is precisely at those moments that you can work on your personal contact with everyone you collaborate with. Those relationships also take time and energy, just like your love life time costs. You can see it best this way: your colleagues also need quality time. Showing interest is the key to success.
That better contact with people at work not only makes working more enjoyable, but you also need it to be effective and productive in what you do. According to experts, people do their jobs better when they feel heard in the workplace. And they also stay longer at a company if the mutual contacts are good. Furthermore, it is useful for career advancement, because no boss will promote you if there has never been a good conversation between you. The nice thing about a Friday afternoon drink is that it creates a casual atmosphere, allowing everyone to feel comfortable. It’s not an official party where you have to dress up and stay long. No, Friday afternoon is casual, relaxed. Everyone is equal. There is no longer a hierarchy that applies, because no, everyone holding a glass of wine in their hands belongs. No fuss, just ringing in the weekend with a sip.
Enjoy it today. We are even enjoying it a little extra now.
FACTS
- One in five Dutch people has sex with a colleague
- 71% of people sometimes flirt to get a raise
- A third of men takes challengingly dressed colleagues’not seriously
