Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by dec0dedab0de on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:10PM
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I was thinking along the lines of a fun day during working hours, where everyone who lives near by should come in. Holiday party, Icecream Social, Even just a day of meetings with breakfast and lunch included. Basically give people a few work days a year where they are expected to be there, but not really get anything done.
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by MakersF on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:25PM
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Bloomberg let you do philanthropy work during working hours, and they assign you some amount of money depending on the hours you do that you can donate to charity.
I met a few people during such events, which is more or less what you say: you are with people from the company (not necessarily teammates, we did it as a team only once) and you might be helping public parks clean, or take trash from canal on a canoe, or sort food in a food shelter. It's a nice way to take a break, meet people from other areas, feel good about something you do, and managers have been very supportive of that, and they do it too.
I think that is a good balance of what you are talking about
Re:Bumble closes to give 'burnt-out' staff a week's break
by ducharmdev on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @05:59PM
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Just the mention of "mandatory fun" sends shivers through my socially anxious spine
One of these things is not like the other...
I can tolerate the occasional "mandatory fun" corporate event, but only within reason (e.g. I have kids, so don't give me grief for leaving early).
And I think the entire "work hard play hard" office culture, where you're expected to do happy hour everyday and build your social life around co-workers in order to prove you're a teammate, is ageist and absolutely toxic.
To be blunt, if you have to FORCE people to socialize with you, then maybe you need some self-reflection on why that's necessary.