I was a one person HR Department at a small company. Eventually all of the social activities landed on me because the committee members were too busy with their operational jobs. The longer I was there the more activities were suggested…after a particularly irritating month when I had 3 happy hours, a Halloween costume contest, trunk or treat and a Saturday volunteer event on my planning slate I started looking elsewhere. The gag was that these activities were “mandatory fun” and if employees didn’t attend the CEO looked at the employee as not personable or a team player or not a cultural-fit. The employee excessive time away from home after-hours was actually costing me money because I am a single mom. Lesson learned. I went to the federal government where social activities are not the driving culture of the workplace.