韓國70%公司職員厭倦年終聚會

韓國某就業門戶網站的最新民調顯示，越來越多的公司職員對年終聚會感到厭倦。調查顯示，近70%的被調查者稱，他們受夠了年終聚會，更希望以其他方式來結束辛苦工作的一年。21.5%的被調查職員表示，他們本不喜歡參加聖誕期間的公司年終聚會，但不得不屈服於老闆的壓力。只有8.6%的職員對年終聚會表示期待。在被問及最不喜歡的聚會時，60.9%的人稱，公司等級森嚴的正式聚會最令人厭煩，讓人無法放鬆。其次就是沒完沒了的狂歡酒會(55.6%)。另有26.3%的職員稱不喜歡公司舉辦沒有徵詢員工意見的例行聚會。

58.9%的職員表示更喜歡去聽音樂會或者與同事參加有趣的社交活動。40%的受訪者更支持舉辦頒獎典禮，犒賞勤奮的員工。30.8%的人希望能夠參加志願活動。18.2%的受訪者表示，如果能夠參加更具教育意義的活動，學習到一些新東西，感覺會更好。

Companies that are planning end-of-year parties or banquets to promote team-building and give their employees a pat on the back for all their hard work in 2011 may want to think outside the box this year and eschew the binge-drinking events that are so common at this time of year.

Seven out of 10 respondents, or 69.9 percent, are fed up with the practice and would prefer an alternative way of ringing out the working year, according to a recent straw poll of 1,035 office workers by recruitment portal Job Korea.

Some 21.5 percent replied that they have no choice but to participate in drinking sessions during the Christmas season, due to pressure from their bosses, while a mere 8.6 percent said they looked forward to such office parties.

In response to multiple-choice questions about which gatherings they disliked the most, 60.9 percent cited formal arrangements where the office hierarchy makes it all but impossible to relax. This was followed by endless rounds of drinking (55.6 percent)， routine events organized by the company without consulting staff (26.3 percent).

As alternatives, 58.9 percent of respondents suggested going to a concert or engaging in some fun social activity with their colleagues. Some 40 percent were in favor of holding award ceremonies to fete hard-working employees, 30.8 percent wanted to take part in volunteering activities to help those in need, and 18.2 percent said they would appreciate a more educational program or activity where they can learn something new.

a pat on the back: 讚揚，鼓勵

think outside the box: 跳出固有思維模式，跳脫框架思考