anyone have experience inviting your team to happy hour?

[skim milk]

I'm thinking about sending out a group email to people on my project for a happy hour. I'm a newbie so I just want to make sure it's well received and people actually show


Subject: Happy Hour at xxxx

Hi everyone,

Come join us for drinks and food this Tuesday at blahblah!

Location: xxx street

Please forward this invite to anyone else that I missed

Thanks,


keep it simple?

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Ask the women to wear something revealing.

 

[summit]

no just do it by word of mouth. you don't want 90 bajillion people there that you don't know.

 

[slayer202]

how many people are we talking? I think it would be much more likely that they go if you talked to them in person about it

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Ask the women to wear something that lets them easily flash their boobies when they're drunk.

Fixed.

 

[Soundmanred]

Originally posted by: Fritolays
I'm thinking about sending out a mass email to people on my project for a happy hour. I'm a newbie so I just want to make sure it's well received and people actually show


Subject: Happy Hour and XXX

Hi everyone,

Come join me for drinks and porn this Tuesday at blahblah!

Location: I already told you - "blahblah!"

Please forward this invite to anyone else that I missed, althought they might be pissed that I forgot them.

Thanks,

Fritolays
King Of L&R

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: slayer202
how many people are we talking? I think it would be much more likely that they go if you talked to them in person about it

probably around 8-10.

other people usually send emails out so I'd rather just send it like them and forget it. Up to them if they want to show or not

 

[Barfo]

Would be funny if no one showed up.

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: skim milk

Originally posted by: slayer202
how many people are we talking? I think it would be much more likely that they go if you talked to them in person about it

probably around 8-10.

other people usually send emails out so I'd rather just send it like them and forget it. Up to them if they want to show or not

If you want them to go, send the email and mention it in person since I assume you work with them. if you don't really care, just send the email and forget

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: skim milk

Originally posted by: slayer202
how many people are we talking? I think it would be much more likely that they go if you talked to them in person about it

probably around 8-10.

other people usually send emails out so I'd rather just send it like them and forget it. Up to them if they want to show or not

If you want them to go, send the email and mention it in person since I assume you work with them. if you don't really care, just send the email and forget

okay, the content of the email is fine?
fuck, why did I volunteer that I'll try to organize this

 

[alkemyst]

email is good, however; mention it to the bar/place ahead of time with a headcount. You don't want to show up with too many or overlapping another large event sometimes.

Also sometimes you can get some perks (VIP area, drink specials, etc).

My friends are a bunch of alcoholics It's not rare to get a happy hour invite via text message.

 

[sjwaste]

You're overthinking this. Just ask a few people if they're interested on a certain day, and if it looks like a few people will go, send an email out to everyone else. That at least gives you an idea of what day is convenient for most. You work in Rosslyn, right? Continental has a pretty decent happy hour and is a fun place, so if you can walk there from the client site, all the better.

It's hard to screw up a Friday happy hour, but don't take it personally if people can't or don't want to go. It just happens, although in consulting you'll tend to get more takers because there are more people you work with that live to work and not vice versa. I don't go to a lot of work functions myself, even though I do like my team. It's just that when the end of the week rolls around, I'd prefer to spend time with the people I haven't seen for 45-60 hours that week.

 

[IronWing]

Offer to pay.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
You're overthinking this. Just ask a few people if they're interested on a certain day, and if it looks like a few people will go, send an email out to everyone else. That at least gives you an idea of what day is convenient for most. You work in Rosslyn, right? Continental has a pretty decent happy hour and is a fun place, so if you can walk there from the client site, all the better.

It's hard to screw up a Friday happy hour, but don't take it personally if people can't or don't want to go. It just happens, although in consulting you'll tend to get more takers because there are more people you work with that live to work and not vice versa. I don't go to a lot of work functions myself, even though I do like my team. It's just that when the end of the week rolls around, I'd prefer to spend time with the people I haven't seen for 45-60 hours that week.

This.

OP, is America not your country of origin or, did/are you spending your formative years in your parents basement? 'Cuz, yer failin' Happy Hour and bringin' me down man!

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: skim milk
I'm thinking about sending out a group email to people on my project for a happy hour. I'm a newbie so I just want to make sure it's well received and people actually show


Subject: Happy Hour at xxxx

Hi everyone,

Come join us for drinks and food this Tuesday at blahblah!

Location: xxx street

Please forward this invite to anyone else that I missed

Thanks,


keep it simple?

Talk to a few people informally first and get them to agree to go. Then send a meeting invitation (not email):

Hi everyone,

A few of us are headed out to <place x> for drinks and food this Tuesday at blahblah. Hope you can make it!

Location: xxx street

Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone that I missed

Thanks,

(Note that invite is a verb, not a noun, hence the change to invitation.)

 

[deftron]

When you're working on the project say "let's end early today and go get drunk."
Doubt anyone would object.

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
You're overthinking this. Just ask a few people if they're interested on a certain day, and if it looks like a few people will go, send an email out to everyone else. That at least gives you an idea of what day is convenient for most. You work in Rosslyn, right? Continental has a pretty decent happy hour and is a fun place, so if you can walk there from the client site, all the better.

It's hard to screw up a Friday happy hour, but don't take it personally if people can't or don't want to go. It just happens, although in consulting you'll tend to get more takers because there are more people you work with that live to work and not vice versa. I don't go to a lot of work functions myself, even though I do like my team. It's just that when the end of the week rolls around, I'd prefer to spend time with the people I haven't seen for 45-60 hours that week.

It's very common for people at my work to schedule HH's with each other (individuals or groups).

OP the email is perfect, casual and to the point.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

/facepalm

What kind of social skills are needed to invite colleagues to go eat? Oh right. It's skim milk (fritolays)

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
/facepalm

What kind of social skills are needed to invite colleagues to go eat? Oh right. It's skim milk (fritolays)

At least the guy is trying to be social.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
/facepalm

What kind of social skills are needed to invite colleagues to go eat? Oh right. It's skim milk (fritolays)

This is his one shot, don't fuck it up!

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: skim milk

Originally posted by: slayer202
how many people are we talking? I think it would be much more likely that they go if you talked to them in person about it

probably around 8-10.

other people usually send emails out so I'd rather just send it like them and forget it. Up to them if they want to show or not

so why not use their previous email as a template and quit being a creeper

 

[Trey22]

You have to have "pants optional" somewhere in there.

 

[Unheard]

We have a "social committee" here @ work that plans all this stuff for us. I just wait for emails from people like you.

 

[HannibalX]

Good god no. The last thing I want to do with me free time is spend it with the people I work with.