The 25-year-old woman residing in Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, works as a advertising and marketing worker for a petrochemical firm.
She stated working extra time is just not as scary as being chosen for the efficiency group to compete with different departments – an exercise that she considers to be tiring and time-consuming. She needed to observe intensely outdoors of labor hours for a month simply to do a 3-5 minute dance efficiency final 12 months.
In earlier years, Ngoc was all the time placed on the efficiency listing by the division head as a result of she was newly employed and single. Feeling irritated, this 12 months she determined to fake to have a leg harm earlier than the efficiency group listing was finalized.
Duc Minh, 37, in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, can be not considering his firm’s year-end get together.
In line with him, events was once easy, the place everybody may meet and join after a 12 months of labor.
However he stated that now attendees are consistently pressured to drink alcohol, and the efficiency half is commonly thought-about inappropriate.
“A number of days in the past at our year-end get together, the corporate even employed a gaggle of dancers to decorate in revealing garments and carry out on stage,” Minh stated. “It was speculated to be a celebration, however it felt extra like a bar – so loud that I couldn’t hear something even when I shouted.”
Khanh Ngoc and Duc Minh are among the many 28% of people that “completely don’t like year-end events,” in accordance into VnExpress’ newest survey of 1,500 readers. Some 47% of these within the survey felt “detached to the get together”, and solely 25% stated they favored it.
On social media, many posts lamenting year-end events have acquired numerous sympathy.
Not solely in Vietnam, a 2023 year-end report from the web recruitment platform Lagou in China additionally confirmed that 54% of individuals surveyed expressed reluctance in the case of firm events. The principle motive was a dislike of communication, whereas one third of the interviewees additionally blamed the stress to carry out.
With almost 20 years within the area of human useful resource administration at massive companies in Hanoi, Vu Thanh Ha stated that each time she organizes a 12 months finish get together for workers, many individuals complain or refuse to take part.
“Essentially the most generally given motive is the massive quantity of year-end work that must be completed. Moreover, there are too many events with family and friends to mark the identical event, inflicting individuals to overeat, and making them reluctant in the case of firm events,” Ha stated.
Psychologist Trinh Trung Hoa stated that staff’ lives are more and more bettering, so organizing meals at eating places or motels doesn’t create as a lot pleasure as earlier than.
Older staff don’t wish to take part in thrilling actions, whereas some others have to organize for their very own household vacation celebrations so that they make excuses for not having time. Lastly, being pressured by their superiors to carry out dances makes them really feel pressured and drained.
Bich Hanh, a communications officer in Cau Giay district, Hanoi, stated she was “afraid of 12 months finish events” as a result of the company often holds them for 2 days and one evening in far-away provinces. Essentially the most troublesome factor is that it occurs close to Tet, and reserving a ticket to return house is troublesome when Hanh’s household is within the central province of Ha Tinh, 400 km from Hanoi.
“The get together must be registered a month prematurely, so Should you do not take part, you would possibly threat getting a foul analysis on the finish of the 12 months – which impacts your wage and bonus,” Hanh stated.
Affiliate Professor. Dr. Do Minh Cuong, Deputy Director of the Vietnam Affiliation of Enterprise Tradition Growth, stated that it’s straightforward for these sorts of issues to create stubbornness and rebelliousness amongst cohorts the place teamwork is paramount.
Such has been the case for Khanh Ngoc, who after a few years of being pressured to carry out for events made her developed a rebellious mindset, forcing her to think about each solution to keep away from collaborating. “Even when I needed to fake to be disabled for an entire month, I might nonetheless settle for it as a result of it is a manner for me to have time to take care of work and relaxation, as an alternative of training laborious for no profit,” Ngoc stated.
As for Duc Minh, after attending many “inappropriate” events, he refused to take part within the firm’s year-end get together within the coming years. He plans to as an alternative invite shut colleagues to arrange a small, intimate, and comfy get together earlier than the Tet vacation.
So as to not put stress on staff when collaborating within the year-end get together, Thanh Ha emphasised that crucial factor is that staff volunteer for the get together.
She stated the division organizing the occasion must also create one thing new to draw staff, comparable to inviting well-known singers {and professional} hosts, and create extra alternatives for everybody to work together. If there are aggressive actions between departments, the corporate can improve the worth of the prizes and provides engaging presents so that everybody has the motivation to take part.
Dr. Cuong stated that staff themselves additionally want to specific their private opinions in regards to the firm’s year-end get together.
“Should you prefer it or not, you have to clarify clearly the right way to enhance the standard and effectivity of firm occasions. Keep away from losing cash and making your self indignant due to it – which may adversely have an effect on your group at work,” Cuong stated.