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One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers.
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One in five US workers regularly attends after-work drinks with co-workers, where the most common mishaps range from bad-mouthing another worker to kissing a colleague and drinking too much, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Most workers attend so-called happy hours to bond with colleagues, although 15 percent go to hear the latest office gossip and 13 percent go because they feel obligated, said the survey conducted for CareerBuilder.com, an online job site.
As to what happens when the after-work drinks flow, 16 percent reported bad-mouthing a colleague, 10 percent shared a secret about a colleague, 8 percent kissed a colleague and 8 percent said they drank too much and acted unprofessionally.
Five percent said they had shared a secret about the company, and 4 percent confessed to singing karaoke.
While 21 percent of those who attend say happy hours are good for networking, 85 percent said attending had not helped them get closer to someone higher up or get a better position.
An equal number of men and women said they attend happy hours with co-workers, with younger workers age 25 to 34 most likely and workers over 55 least likely to attend.
Overall, 21 percent of workers attend happy hours with co-workers and, of those, nearly a quarter go at least once a month.
The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder.com among 6,987 full-time employees between February 11 and March 13.
Harris Interactive said the results have a sampling error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
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(Agencies)
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據本周二發布的一項調查顯示，美國有五分之一的員工會定期在下班后跟同事去喝幾杯，每當這個時候，諸如講同事壞話、親吻某位同事、以及醉酒等糗事就要上演了。
這項為在線求職網站CareerBuilder.com所做的調查表示，雖然去參加所謂“歡樂時光”的人中有15%是去搜羅最新的辦公室流言，13%是迫于無奈才去的，大多數員工去那里都是為了拉近同事關系。
在被問及下班后的歡飲時光都會做些什么的時候，有16%的人表示會講同事壞話，10%的人會散播某位同事的秘密，8%的人會親吻某位同事，還有8%的人表示他們會喝醉酒，做出反常的舉動。
有5%的人說他們會傳播一些跟公司有關的秘密，另有4%的人表示會唱卡拉OK。
參加歡樂時光的人當中有21%表示此類活動有助于人際關系，85%的人則表示參加此類活動并不能讓他們跟某些高層人士更加接近，也不會對他們升職有什么幫助。
男性和女性跟同事共赴歡樂時光的人數是一樣的，年齡在25到34歲之間的年輕員工是最有可能參加此類活動的人群，而55歲以上的員工參加的可能性是最低的。
總的來說，有21%的員工下班后會與同事共赴歡樂時光，而他們當中有近四分之一的人每月至少去一次。
這項調查是哈里斯互動公司代表CareerBuilder.com在2月11日至3月13日之間進行的，共有6987名全職雇員參加。
哈里斯互動表示該調查結果會有正負1.2個百分點的采樣誤差。
（英語點津 Helen 編輯）
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