Ten Things You Must Not Do At an End of Year Staff Party

End of year parties will swing into action starting this week. This is one forum where all staff at all levels will meet, and the potential leaders will be under heavy scrutiny. It is as though this is the ground where the now ageing managers come to hunt for promotion material.

The statistics among HR 'let's fire them or something' practitioners say that employees who behave badly at end of year staff parties are unlikely to fare well in the company in the long term. Lets figure that one out in employee speak; if you do something insane-ish at the end of year staff party, when your name comes up for promotion in kindu three years time, some hater is likely to say… 'but do you remember how she drank at the 2010 Christmas party?'

Seriously; that mama in HR that greets you with a smile daily is not your buddy – trust me. If you have any plans of progress towards those upper floor offices with wall to wall carpeting, here are ten things you must not do at the annual end of year Christmas party:

One: do not go heavy on the drink no matter what! 
Now I know that free booze is a complete turn on to get your drinking mind all set to work on it, but the thing is, typically when you are high you are likely to say nutty things. Secondly, you are likely to do nutty things; like stare too long at the gal in accounts or that hot jamaa in salaries (whichever your orientation).

Truth be told, there will be stone cold sober fellows at the party and in my years of interacting with both boozers and non-boozers, there is zero tolerance for ill on-booze behavior amongst

Jobs in Kenya; dealing with sexual harassment at work

Another common, or maybe I should say commonly talked about form of harassment, is sexual harassment at work that is targeted at junior officers by senior officers.

When we speak of sexual harassment the loose definition is behavior at work that is intended to cause either unusually high sexual attention or create uncomfortable circumstances loaded with sexual intent.

You will find that the discussion and parameters of sexual harassment in the work place are so fluid that it is hard to tell where normal human instinct and reaction to the opposite gender ends and where sexual harassment begins.
In this post, I will only speak of sexual harassment from men in senior positions that they direct at ladies in a lower positions. Then we will keep adding more variations as the week moves on.

In my years in Human Resource Management, sexual harassment by senior male officers directed at junior female officers are the most disgusting yet the most difficult cases to handle.

If you find yourself in the presence of a psychotic male boss who doesn't know where his zipper ends and his head starts, realize that you are in the presence of a male predator; an animal in human clothes. They are a dangerous species giving most men a very bad name.

What do you need to know about such situations and how should you respond?
• Realize that a boss who directs deliberate suggestions for sex with you is committing a crime. There are appropriate places to do and say all things; the office is NOT for soliciting sexual favors and he is in gross abuse of office.
• Find a female senior management officer you can speak to FAST. Speak to her as you would to a counselor, stating what happened and what you think the situation was about without making any accusations.
• Keep clear off the fellow's radar as much as you can. If asked to stay late at work, ask a friend to hang out in the office with you. If the boss inquires why the other person is there, tell him you live in a dangerous area and you MUST go home together. Do not bow to his offers to take you home – UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH HIS INTENTIONS.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Ladies, you will fast realize that in these situations you will be accused of leading the man on. It is rare, except you have a mature woman in the company that women themselves will not see you as a victim; they will want to make you the villain. To help your case, guard your dressing.

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