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Issues can arise when a business presumes that its employees will make significant sacrifices to pick up the slack when it comes to building morale and making somewhere a nice place to work. In this story, a woman felt like she was unfairly maligned after she rejected the responsibility to lead a “company culture” initiative for a quarter after her HR department decided to shift duties like birthday planning and snack restocking onto different members of staff.
She felt annoyed that she had been chosen for this without her indicating that she wanted the position, and turned down the role as she felt it was beyond the responsibilities of her busy job as a data analyst. She faced pushback from different coworkers as a result, and she wanted backup that she wasn't being unreasonable.
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AITJ for refusing to run all the office "morale" stuff after HR put my name on a sign up sheet without asking?
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HR department demands woman lead morale-boosting company "culture initiative", protests when she refuses: 'Someone said I have good vibes because I bring muffins sometimes'
For all that people these days complain that they don't want to be friends with their coworkers and just want to do their job and go home, company culture is important to the well-being of employees. Even the antisocial will not enjoy being in a workplace where absolutely everything is about deadlines and deliverables, and there is no consideration for the welfare of those who are contributing to them.
That being said, it is no easy task to make sure that a business is doing enough to keep its employees happy. This is the kind of thing that requires a significant amount of planning and effort, which ideally should be handled by a paid member of staff who has it in their job description. While this is the kind of thing that everybody can contribute to, there is only so much that can be done when people have other tasks to focus on.
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