Year-end party of a company: the real feeling was that more than 40 percent "don't want to participate "…

Recently the NHK News on-line reported the following:

会社の忘年会 本音は「参加したくない」４割以上に…

2018年12月19日 4時12分

年末が近づき、会社などで忘年会が開かれる時期になりましたが、20代から40代のサラリーマンの４割以上が、本音では参加したくないと考えているという調査結果がまとまりました。

このアンケート調査は、製薬大手の「田辺三菱製薬」が先月、全国の20代から40代の会社員の男女、合わせて500人を対象にインターネットを通じて行いました。

会社の忘年会への参加について、本音ではどう思っているか聞いたところ、「参加したくない」が15％、「どちらかと言うと参加したくない」が29％で、消極的な回答をした人が合わせて44％に上りました。

女性のほうがその割合が高い傾向で、20代の女性が50％、30代の女性が48％となっています。

参加したくない理由については、「気を使うので疲れる」、「会社の人より友達と飲みたい」などといった声が寄せられたということです。

一方、「参加したい」は29％、「どちらかと言うと参加したい」は26％でした。

調査を行った田辺三菱製薬では「せっかく開催している忘年会にネガティブな気持ちで参加している人たちが一定数いることがうかがえる。会社側としても何らかの対応策が必要になるのではないか」と話しています。

Translation

As the year end was approaching, it was the time to hold a year-end party by a company. A survey result showed that more than 40 percent of the office workers aged between twenties and forties did not to want to join the gathering.

A questionnaire survey was done in the whole country last month by the "Tanabe Mitsubishi Medicine Manufacturing", a major medicine manufacturing company, targeting at 500 male and female office workers aged between twenties and forties through the internet.

When asked how they really feel about participation in a year-end party of a company, 15% answered "I don't want" to participate; 29% said that "if anything I don't want to participate”, the people who answered negatively added up to 44% in total.

The lady had the tendency of high percentage in this respect; ladies in their twenties was 50%, in the thirties was 48%.

About the reasons why one did not want to participate, "I had to pay attention so I get tired." "I would like to drink with a friend more than a person of the company"; voices such as these could be heard.

On the other hand, "I'd like to participate" was 29%, "if anything I'd like to participate" was 26%.

Tanabe Mitsubishi Medicine Manufacturing which held the survey said that "It reflects that there are certain number of people participating with negative feelings the year-end party which was organized with great efforts. For the company it also needs to do some countermeasures."

          I am interested to note how this survey result would stand if compared with similar surveys done in other periods.