[UK] 1 in 10 employees has slept with a coworker at an office Christmas party

New research into UK office workers’ attitudes to work and partying over the Christmas period has offered some interesting insights into employees’ festive moods! 

Runway East - a culture-led flexible workspace operator - surveyed 600 office workers from across the UK. It discovered that 84 per cent of UK workers don’t actually like taking part in Secret Santa, 81 per cent of employees don’t enjoy a team Christmas lunch and 79 per cent don’t like the office Christmas party!

For those who did make it to their office Christmas party, 1 in 4 reportedly admitted being drunk at their desk, 19 per cent confessed to an office snog and 11 per cent confided that they had slept with a coworker at (or the same night as) the Christmas party. 

Of the less enthusiastic, 25 per cent admitted they had called in sick to avoid the Christmas party altogether. And, despite the stereotype, only 4 per cent of respondents said they have photocopied a private part. Though, on this matter, Natasha Guerra - Runway East CEO - suggested, “This may be due to offices having fewer photocopiers due to environmental concerns, rather than a sudden maturity jump amongst adults”

“We cannot believe what office workers get up to at their office Christmas party!” Ms Guerra said. “We asked cheeky questions to get the real Christmas spirit, and suffice to say we’ll be watching very closely this year across our sites, letting Santa know who’s on the naughty list. Joking aside, there is an over-concentration on Christmas when there are 11 months of the year when team bonding, events and fun can be had - that’s what we’re geared to do. After all, let’s be honest, the thing many of us most enjoy about Christmas is the downtime.”

This was reflected in the survey’s findings. When asked about working between Christmas and New Year, 32 per cent of respondents reportedly said they get away with doing very little during this period, 25 per cent said they hate working those days, 22 per cent considered it a chance to catch up and 18 per cent said it is business as usual. 

Source: Runway East

New research into UK office workers’ attitudes to work and partying over the Christmas period has offered some interesting insights into employees’ festive moods! 

Runway East - a culture-led flexible workspace operator - surveyed 600 office workers from across the UK. It discovered that 84 per cent of UK workers don’t actually like taking part in Secret Santa, 81 per cent of employees don’t enjoy a team Christmas lunch and 79 per cent don’t like the office Christmas party!

For those who did make it to their office Christmas party, 1 in 4 reportedly admitted being drunk at their desk, 19 per cent confessed to an office snog and 11 per cent confided that they had slept with a coworker at (or the same night as) the Christmas party. 

Of the less enthusiastic, 25 per cent admitted they had called in sick to avoid the Christmas party altogether. And, despite the stereotype, only 4 per cent of respondents said they have photocopied a private part. Though, on this matter, Natasha Guerra - Runway East CEO - suggested, “This may be due to offices having fewer photocopiers due to environmental concerns, rather than a sudden maturity jump amongst adults”

“We cannot believe what office workers get up to at their office Christmas party!” Ms Guerra said. “We asked cheeky questions to get the real Christmas spirit, and suffice to say we’ll be watching very closely this year across our sites, letting Santa know who’s on the naughty list. Joking aside, there is an over-concentration on Christmas when there are 11 months of the year when team bonding, events and fun can be had - that’s what we’re geared to do. After all, let’s be honest, the thing many of us most enjoy about Christmas is the downtime.”

This was reflected in the survey’s findings. When asked about working between Christmas and New Year, 32 per cent of respondents reportedly said they get away with doing very little during this period, 25 per cent said they hate working those days, 22 per cent considered it a chance to catch up and 18 per cent said it is business as usual. 

Source: Runway East