Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

Re:Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH? by fuzzer37 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @04:31PM (#26082622)

If they're organized by the company, I totally agree. We have (had) a group who voluntarily organized and went out to a local bar after work on Fridays. Everyone was welcome, and no one felt pressured to go or not go.

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Re:Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH? by el_dev_hell on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:01PM (#26082955)

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You hit the nail on the head.

After work drinks on Friday are enjoyable because they're informal and not (usually) arranged as a company initiative. It's a chance to let off the work related stress with a group of people in a similar situation while being on neutral territory.

Don't want to come to Friday after work drinks? Sweet, have a good afternoon. I'll be smashing a pint with/without you.

Friday Zoom drinks from 5-6PM can die. No, I don't want to sit in a quasi-optional meeting with 25 people arranged by HR/management. It's not comparable to shooting the shit with a selection of staff that have formed a connection organically.

The best way to determine the success/failure of Friday drinks is the percentage of people still present at 6:05PM. It's at least 50% below the 5:55PM number. At a local bar/pub, it's pretty stable until 7-8 and you're usually an hour past talking pure "work" shit.

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Re:Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH? by peruvian on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:56PM (#26085287)

Nothing beats ranting about the company or your boss with a few coworkers on a Friday evening.

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Re:Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH? by noarchy on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:32AM (#26089605)

This is fine until the boss shows up. No on wants to tell the boss to get lost, even if the event isn't officially on work time.

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Re:Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH? by collyw on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:34AM (#26090502)

Personally I love a bit of work drama like that, when someone blurts out something not realising the boss is there listening.

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