My firm just rolled out mandatory Friday Fun Zoom calls which have consisted of icebreakers, trivia, and virtual scavenger hunts. I’d rather just have Friday afternoons off. I get the intention, but it feels like performative culture instead of actual work-life balance. At what point do we just admit no one wants forced virtual bonding? Would you rather have these sessions or a few hours of real downtime to end the week?

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Mandatory fun always sucks, and I mean that. I'm with you, although early on we did have Age of Empire Fridays.

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Forty work hours is 40 hours, 5 days. Social Team building, bonding efforts last only a few weeks or months at best.

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