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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by Nadya on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:00AM (#13977117)
Maybe I've been extremely fortunate - but that just hasn't the case at where I work. I'm very clear about why I don't attend these things and people are very understanding.

Perhaps it is because I have a very visible impact on my department or maybe because all decision making is done during office hours. The bar is for play and karaoke - not to talk about work. The company culture treats any work discussion during team outings as taboo. You won't be punished for it but you'll be told kindly to shut up and have fun - work will be back again next Monday. Talk about it then. :)

If I had to guess, that probably plays a huge part into why the company doesn't have those sort of problems.

Re:Ask a Female Engineer: How Can Managers Help Retain Techn... by Arizhel on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:04PM (#13977766)
>The company culture treats any work discussion during team outings as taboo. You won't be punished for it but you'll be told kindly to shut up and have fun - work will be back again next Monday.

Many places are not like this.