• September 1, 2021

Building connections while working remotely

Building connections while working remotely

Building connections while working remotely 150 150 Intely Tech

For the past 3 months, I have been engaged with a company where I had to work from their office .

This was a change for me as I have been WFx for the better part of the last 4 years where x has been Home, Cafes etc.

The one thing that I had missed the most about working from an office was the natural organic conversations that would happen as people would take a quick break from their work.

That’s how true connections are made instead of through planned official team meetings where the agenda is 95% business.

How can this be replicated for remote teams?

For people who have worked together for some time can probably ping each other and get on a quick call.

But a new employee who doesn’t know his or her colleagues well enough would find it difficult to interact outside of planned company meetings.

And you certainly can’t have a room/channel dedicated to just shooting the breeze or taking a break … or can you?

In some companies, the employees would be worried about their managers monitoring those rooms/channels.

In mature companies though, perhaps this could be a solution?

Any thoughts?

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