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[0] Today's quiz (we got 16/30, pathetic!) https://www.theage.com.au/national/target-time-and-superquiz...
Live Video Escape Room maybe? https://livevideoescaperooms.com/ Or for a different way to think about it try what Podia did for a team dinner: https://kindops.com/remote-dinners At The Skiff Coworking community we enjoy weekly drinks here: https://getmibo.com/ It’s so much more natural an experience than Zoom.
https://www.thegamegal.com/diy-escape-room-kit-alien-threat/
Five "rooms" (or in other words, five people or small groups) that all coordinate via a video call and each have a mini-site and individual puzzles to solve that build up to the main solution. I think she's pretty awesome and therefore the game is pretty awesome, but I'm a bit biased. :)
Related note: do it during work hours, if possible. Not all of us want to be expected to take an evening to devote to work events. Even if I genuinely like my co-workers, there are times that I want to set aside where I don't have to think about work.
there are arguments for/against. it's nice that a work event during normal work hours doesn't cut into my free time, but it does cut into the block of time that I've already set aside to, you know, get my actual work done. I generally don't attend optional events scheduled during work hours unless I think attending will directly contribute to the work I am responsible for. "virtual happy hour" doesn't meet that crite…
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> Everyone gets paired off to video chat with a random person for 20 minutes at the start of the day. i would quit this job sooooooo fast random, enforced, early morning socializing is so very much not my scene
I may have exaggerated when I said "start of the day"; we do it at 10am, which is the start of the day for some but not all. Certainly not early-morning for most people I'm also sure it would be optional if anyone had an aversion to it. It's a small company so we're flexible on that sort of thing
I think maybe ask yourself, why do you need to force this to happen if people really wanted to do this?
I find a lot of these remote games have a large impact on productivity in the day. They are a great way to start conversations and get to know each other.
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Do you know why they keep asking if they're free to get together on their own?
* The business will pay * The business will take care of the organizing * Making it a "work event" gives them slack from family members who might otherwise balk at coworker happy hour
While possible, I highly doubt getting an even paid for is stopping people from going to do things. If that was the case, restaurants would never be in business.
>* The business will take care of the organizing
Again, same thing. If this was an issue, then restaurants and parks would not exist, people can organize if they really want too.
>* Making it a "work event" gives them slack from family members who might otherwise balk at coworker happy hour
This is possibly the issue, but that sounds like a personal problem for them that they should speak to a therapist about. If they stay after work working longer hours or try to force events to avoid people at their home, then that is there concern and others shouldn't be punished for it. Not to make light of their situation. But people work long hours enough in this country, let people do what they want after work without forcing meetings after work. Which is EXACTLY what these things are, meetings. Anyone who says otherwise, try getting drunk at these meetings and saying whatever you want and see if you still have a job. If it wasn't a meeting, then none of that would matter.
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I may have exaggerated when I said "start of the day"; we do it at 10am, which is the start of the day for some but not all. Certainly not early-morning for most people I'm also sure it would be optional if anyone had an aversion to it. It's a small company so we're flexible on that sort of thing
I think your missing the point. If people wanted to talk to each other, they would do that on their own time. I think maybe ask yourself, why do you need to force this to happen if people really wanted to do this?
Different stuff works for different people
- We have open games of Among Us which are also great.
- We also did an online Virtual Escape Room within my small team, which was great fun.