Ask HN: What does your team do to socialize now that we are fully remote?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22650862

by rcardo11 • 6 years ago

4 2 6 years ago

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These days that we are fully remote I'd like to know what other teams are doing to keep non-work-related social interactions alive. For example, we have arranged some online games and coffee meetings but I'm getting bored and would like to do something new.

exaflower• 6 years ago

It’s funny. I work from home as a distributed employee of a firm. Most of my other colleagues worked in an office until last week. Now it’s been a boon for me socially! We’ve setup afternoon and morning coffee chats, and people are just more communicative in general with me. Sorry to say it, that it took a disaster like this to get some love for remote folks.

maps7• 6 years ago

My team didn't socialize before this and aren't socializing now either. In the office we didn't even sit together! We saw eachother at standups for 15-30 mins and then whenever we needed to work together.

Now it's a conferencing call for the 15-30 mins during the day and people can contact whoever they need to work with.

I'm not even sure how socializing in a conference call works. Aren't people speaking over each other and won't it just end up with the biggest talkers taking over? Not that that is too dissimilar to face-to-face interactions..

Ask HN: What does your team do to socialize now that we are fully remote?

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