“virtual happy hour”with coworkers. What do you guys think about these?

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Fun if you don’t overdo them. I know teams that have them on a weekly basis which is definitely an overkill

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Exactly.

I hate them, they’re so awkward. A HH allows us to have organic one on one and small group conversations. Virtual HHs feel like we’re presenting to the team one person at a time.

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Came here to say this. Especially if it’s a distributed team and you have barely met them in person.. let alone drink.

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I’ve skipped three in a row.. 4:30 on a Friday? If you want to boost morale let me be off at 4:30 instead

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4:30 on a Friday, I wish, the last one from my service line was 7pm in a Friday. Pass...

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Pass

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It’s a decent concept and worth continuing some semblance of comraderie. I don’t participate in every one of them, but occasionally when I have nothing else to do it’s an okay way of passing time for an hour.

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My account team is doing a quiz night next week, which I hope will be enjoyable. But just drinking and talking over each other? I can do that with my toddler.

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Well he drinks his milk, I drink my beer 🍼🍺

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I’m young and actually like my coworkers so I’m for them. Surprised at the negative feelings toward HH, just skip if you don’t like em!

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Better if we can expense the drinks as team event!!

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Cringey

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They will not see me. I can drink with my family at home and have better time.

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I like them.

Throw back a few beers over an hour or two before getting back to my groove? Count me in.

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Not attended a single one of them - I am on the West Coast and have a toddler at home. They usually take place while toddler naps which is my prime working time.

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Gaming community has done this for decades...

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Fun zoom backgrounds make them slightly more palatable.

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So fun. 🎉🥳 My office folks are awesome! We have then Fridays after lunch, so Friday afternoon is super chill.
This week we drank and played pictionary on Zoom.

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Using them as BD sessions, talking about work at different clients, and being a think tank session while drinking is cool.

Playing games and using them as sub-par team building exercises hasn't worked well in my experience. YMMV.

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Go on discord pl33bs

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That’s where the sexy stuff’s at 😉👍

Good concept but poor execution

Beggars can’t be choosers.

I personally enjoy them, because I like the people I work with. but I would say that any of us are “begging” for them.

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