Bosses are being urged to replace the traditional post-work pint with daytime socialising to be more inclusive and appeal to Gen-Z staff who don’t drink.
However, it appears that the reluctance to enjoy a boozy night out with colleagues may be less about avoiding alcohol and more to do with how the younger generation consider socialising a form of unpaid extra work.
Workers from across the UK have taken to TikTok to express their disdain for mingling with colleagues when they’re off the clock, even suggesting that they should be paid overtime for it.
Responding to careers influencer Brooklyn Norton, who asked whether people still like work drinks, one wrote: ‘Unless I’m getting paid to be there I absolutely will not be joining you.’
Another added: ‘I get paid to talk to colleagues 9-5, not after’, while a fellow critic agreed, saying: ‘Unless company socialising is on company time, I am not participating. They are colleagues, not friends.