Originally posted by av98m:
Over here, if the said actitivities are scheduled for a Saturday or
public holiday, the participation rate immediately falls to zero.
The organisers are still clueless. 
"But they are forced to go because if they don't it shows that they
are not being enthu about [b]corporate bonding and not
being a team-player and not moving along
with the company"
OK, your management is clueless too
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See in my ex-co, they force you to go and it is scheduled after
5pm or it's on Saturday or a public holiday and they wonder why
staff are unhappy 