| Re: Workplace/game mixing concern
I've obviously got a personal concern at stake here, but I'd like to keep things as generally-applicable as possible, so that any advice offered here might be of use to others as well. I'm happy to have feedback on my own problem, but for the sake of the forum, I'd prefer to use this as a springboard to help "the team."
So in terms of some of the questions asked, let's look at things from diffferent perspectives. What if the games are hosted at a worker's house? What if at a supervisor's? What if at the home of someone in the middle (say, someone of manager "rank" but without any direct reports involved)?
What if it's not just one person who's venturing close to the line, but a general tenor of discussion? Does silence (by a supervisor) on a topic imply agreement? Should these things even be codified? Should there be a very general statement as to "appropriate work-related discussion," with clarification given verbally?
I think the point about supervisors and direct reports not being involved in the same games is a pretty good rule of thumb. Are there exceptions? What if it's the supervisor's game and the direct reports come later? What if, after the games have been going on regularly, someone in the group is promoted?
(And for the record, I'm not just making up wild hypotheticals, but these are all issues that more or less apply to the situation.)  | 
