My company laid off a bunch of people earlier this year and I am one of the unlucky few who get to stay and absorb more work for no extra pay. Despite this , our company still has a party planning committee. We had a spring lunch in event that lasted from 11-2 that we were force to stay the entire time for because they wanted to give out prizes at the end. Considering I am already swamped from taking on extra work, I can't stop thinking about how much time and money we were wasting in there.
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Since morale has decreased because people are stressed, the party planning committee who I wonder what they actually do day to day is now scheduling us for a company summer picnic(complete with games , trivia, food, and entertainment). This event happens during the day of course.
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My main question why did we get rid of people if we are just going to waste money on parties most employees didn't ask for? I would have rather just not not have these and just paid the people who work here still more for taking on extra work. Does anyone else work at a place that has so many clubs all filled in seemingly the same sidequest specialists who are presumably not actually that busy?