What is the situation with corporate parties in Western companies?

Question

Career in IT

Being an introvert and having experience of working in the offices of Russian companies, he always perceived corporate parties painfully. Especially if it's not just a booze, but also a team building, where the employer's creativity is not limited by anything) Moreover, visiting corporate parties is often made mandatory, which upsets.

What is the situation with this in Western companies?

Answer 1

Well, how is it ...
A couple of years ago, Amazon forced some of the employees to go to a parade in support of LGBT (not to be confused with a gay pride parade), and then fired those who did not go to hell as disloyal homophobes.
I still remember how the adherents of the Divine Free West were torn farts.

Answer 2

Somehow, an order came to Phillip Maurice to send 2 employees to a gay festival, there had never been such a result in sales in the Russian branch.
Seriously, everything is in the best traditions of the barracks, but there is not even a pusher, you have to motivate yourself.

Answer 3

Abroad is very different. In South Korea, for example, drinking weekly with your boss is often a mandatory duty.

Answer 4

Moreover, attending corporate parties is often made mandatory,

What? Did they spell it out in the contract? Everything else is optional. Although of course in most cases it is DESIRABLE to walk

Answer 5

Being an introvert

Introverts (or what we usually invest in this concept) work as drivers on gazelles / truck drivers. There certainly are no contacts!
Admit it to yourself, deep down you don’t avoid people, but office nerds, they make you sick and you hate them all, like me!