Company holiday parties can be SO amazing if you work in a healthy environment. When your coworkers are petty, managers entitled, and HR useless, then holiday work parties can turn out to actually be a huge source of anxiety. Take this recent employee who came to vent on Reddit. She was having a normal day at work until she stepped out to refill her water bottle and came back to an empty office. She looked around and found only one manager still there. She asked what was going on and the manage…

Did you even think people still pulled pranks like these? We didn't even think high schoolers went to this level anymore, let alone full grown adults! Unfortunately, it turns out humanity still has a long way to go. Why do we think this? Because of this Reddit post we recently came across. A pre-school teacher to a small school, no more than 20 people in the company, attended a holiday work party. Earlier in the month she was told it was “ugly sweater” themed. This is a common casual and silly…

Movies always portray holiday office parties to be like some sort of frat party—wild, chaotic, and anything-goes-vibe with no consequences! But the reality of it is that it it not only can be an HR nightmare, the employees might not even be enjoying the “festivities." A reddit thread has come together where employees are sharing their views on holiday office parties and the dos and don'ts. When it comes down to it, everyone agrees it depends on your workplace environment. You're not going to wa…

The holiday season is upon us and workplaces all over the U.S. are starting to plan their ultimate end of the year shebang! This is the one time of the year that companies' tend to let the budget go over and the wine start flowing. Nobody wants to be a humbug! I mean, it's cold out now and it gets dark super early—we NEED something to celebrate. However, with society evolving, the holiday season can also be an HR nightmare. You get people taking advantage of the open bar at the work party, whic…