Only one in four UK employees want alcohol at workplace social events while little more than half attend after-hours events owing to travel time and family duties, according to research that signals the end of the boozy Christmas party.
Some 24 per cent of UK workers said alcohol was “something [they] would want to see” at work-related social events, according to 2,000 respondents polled in a wider survey that was commissioned by catering group Compass.
Events outside work hours attracted only 52 per cent of UK workers, the study of 30,000 people in 21 countries found, with respondents citing family, sports and caring commitments as well as travel time as barriers to participation.