How do you maintain company culture when working remote?

Hate to be a downer, but virtual happy hours ain't it.

One thing that has worked for me though, is planning smaller virtual events with 3-5 coworkers at a time that everyone's committed to and excited about.

For example, I started playing online poker (none of us are that good) with 4 coworkers and now it's become our time to shoot the breeze, vent about our weak pipelines, and have an activity to keep us there for several hours at a time. It makes us feel more connected to each other and also the company as a whole.

However, this can become an issue if others feel excluded, but then you get into the original problem of forcing virtual events with a larger group where no one wants to be there.

How are people solving this?

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fodysseus

WR Officer

Sales Manager (Mid-Market)

We have an entirely optional team huddle twice a week at 4. Usually 2-3 people show up and shoot the shit or vent. Sometimes it's worthless, sometimes its really great.

We're trying quarterly virtual events now. More structure than a "virty HH" - I'd rather drink my old fashioned re-watching the Witcher and getting "toss a coin" stuck in my head than forcing convo over zoom.

If we do an actual event like a led wine tasting, cooking, etc, thats the focus, and people are generally more excited to be there (the side-convos and jabs still continue and are fun).

ri_ri

WR Officer

Account Executive

It’s been pretty awkward for the most part. We are a small team so have a whatsapp group to vent/chat during the day. I also have a few different whatsapp groups going with different teams and it can be a bit much. Sometimes I get to my phone and it has 100+ msgs.
We’re actively trying to think of some outdoor activities to meet up

SalesPharaoh

Big Shot

Senior Account Executive

Well we have two weekly meetings:
the 1st is the sales team video call with catching up and plans and what not.
2nd is with sales and operations and customer support call to basically align our goals and update each other if there is a new development or problem.
Definitely there is no the day to day interaction but I personally prefer that because the new normal got me back an avg of two hours daily in my life.

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