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My grandfather tells me stories about how the factory he worked for, they would just straight-up take a half-day off on Fridays to drink with the manager on a picnic bench. Don't imagine that was common, per se, but you'd be hard-pressed to find a corporation that wouldn't sniff that out today and crush it for the sake of 'productivity'. The increased influence and omniscience of the investor class, even over the capitalism-happy 60s and 70s, is... stark.
We got some snarky emails from management for having a contribute what you want lunch hour barbecues on a little crappy propane grill. Can't imagine drinking a beer with them on a half day.
Yeah we could have half day off on Friday but we get a extra paid week off if we don't, most of us just work the few hours.
But yeah, big ass companys are run by people that don't want work to be done, but to own people for a certain amount of time.
My last job had worldwide virtual happy hours on Fridays. It was a Fortune 100 company very much beholden to investors