美國：員工下班常聚會 傳播流言拉關係
One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers, where the most common mishaps range from bad-mouthing another worker to kissing a colleague and drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated, said the survey conducted for , an online job site.
As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague, 8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally.
Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke.
While 21 percent of those who attend say happy hours are good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position.
An equal number of men and women said they attend happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers age 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend.
Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and, of those, nearly a quarter go at least once a month.
The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13.
Harris Interactive said the results have a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
據本週二發佈的一項調查顯示，美國有五分之一的員工會定期在下班後跟同事去喝幾杯，每當這個時候，諸如講同事壞話、親吻某位同事、以及醉酒等糗事就要上演了。
這項爲在線求職網站所做的調查表示，雖然去參加所謂“歡樂時光”的人中有15%是去搜羅最新的辦公室流言，13%是迫於無奈纔去的，大多數員工去那裏都是爲了拉近同事關係。
在被問及下班後的歡飲時光都會做些什麼的時候，有16%的人表示會講同事壞話，10%的人會散播某位同事的祕密，8%的人會親吻某位同事，還有8%的人表示他們會喝醉酒，做出反常的舉動。
有5%的人說他們會傳播一些跟公司有關的祕密，另有4%的人表示會唱卡拉OK。
參加歡樂時光的人當中有21%表示此類活動有助於人際關係，85%的人則表示參加此類活動並不能讓他們跟某些高層人士更加接近，也不會對他們升職有什麼幫助。
男性和女性跟同事共赴歡樂時光的人數是一樣的，年齡在25到34歲之間的年輕員工是最有可能參加此類活動的人羣，而55歲以上的員工參加的可能性是最低的。
總的來說，有21%的員工下班後會與同事共赴歡樂時光，而他們當中有近四分之一的人每月至少去一次。
這項調查是哈里斯互動公司代表在2月11日至3月13日之間進行的，共有6987名全職僱員參加。
哈里斯互動表示該調查結果會有正負1.2個百分點的採樣誤差。
