By: lukida

Thank you all for sharing this. Your reflections on office drinking culture gave me a lot to chew on in particular - my partner doesn't drink, so we've talked about how that affects my partner in work social settings, but this hit a little different. I'm newly moving into a manager role (definitely feel how much drinking is huge part of social rituals in the tech sphere) and although I've been careful to pick places with good non-alocoholic options when planning happy hour events, I'm feeling a bit extra reflective on how much of the work happy hour is a constructed social ritual which we fall back on because it's easy to put together and "agreed on" as fun vs how much it is actually a positive and safe bonding experience for teammates.