Are people still doing coffee chats? Also, what do people generally talk about during them? I hope this doesn't come off as inept, but the social aspect has never really been my forte.

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We have a weekly virtual coffee chat for team building where we talk about things mostly unrelated to work. I'm socially awkward so I tend to find it weird but if you're open-minded, you can use the opportunity to network and learn more about the different jobs in your company. As long as you don't get too comfortable and share anything you wouldn’t tell your boss...

My company has coffee chats every once in awhile, it's really nice to catch up with people and do a bit of networking. I like that we don't do them super often so that whenever we have one there's things to talk about and people are excited about attending.

I rarely participate in them. I should. It’s a good way to network for sure.

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