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Team building days- do you hate them?

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Stressedgiraffe · 21/05/2024 06:56

Inspire by a thread.
Why is there so much hate about team building days?
I've attended loads and organised some.
Usually they are ok, even fun sometimes but I've been lucky and generally like the people I work with. Some when I don't really like the team have been horrible.
I've got a team building event next week and will be doing everything that everyone seems to hate : travelling on the bank holiday to get there. 6 hours travel time. Staying in a hotel for 2 nights. 2 day team building . Travel 6 hours back.
But I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully it'll be fun.
So I guess my aibu
Aibu- team building is ok even fun!
Ainbu- team building is the spawn of the devil and all should be banned!

OP posts:
AlwaysFreezing · 21/05/2024 07:03

I don't even want to go for a quick drink after work, let alone 12 hours travel, some of which is on a bank holiday and is also in half term. I'd rather eat my own eyes.

Letsgocamping67 · 21/05/2024 07:01

I hope the team are getting double pay for the bank holiday travel ?

Ohiwish12 · 21/05/2024 07:01

I'd be annoyed at having to travel 6 hours on a BH eating into my family time but otherwise team days can be okay depending what it is.

fieldsofbutterflies · 21/05/2024 06:59

They are horrendous.

I just want to go to work, do my job and come home again. I don't want to faff about doing stupid games or quizzes like I'm about five years old.

CaputDraconis · 21/05/2024 06:58

I just want to do my day job and go home. I don't want to spend longer than necessary chatting to colleagues I don't care about. I don't want to spend a day or two doing pointless tasks that have no relevance to my day job to come back to a backlog of day job as I have been building towers for 2 days.