How Not To start the New Year at a New Job

One of the most unavoidable issues of the holiday season is the office party. The office party sounds innocuous enough, until you realize that you have a group of people gathered together, who are letting their guards down and imbibing hazardous amounts of alcohol, which is never a good combination. Invariably, something bad will happen to someone's social standing, sometimes even resulting in someone being fired if the something bad is bad enough. You don't want that happening to you.

The biggest thing to avoid is alcohol. One, maybe two, drinks are fine. Just keep them small and fruit-based, and stay away from the really hard stuff; Scotch is advised, Kahlua is debatable, vodka is straight out. Legally, you aren