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Ask HN: How are you teambuilding while in quarantine?

9 points by misterspaceman ↗ HN
Our company used to be very active with after-work events, like happy hours, karaoke nights, etc. With quarantine, we've found it a bit more challenging to organize social events. We tried a virtual happy hour for a while, but it fizzled out after a few weeks.

What creative things have your teams done for social events while in quarantine?

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dave_sid
Virtual pub on a Friday, via Zoom, has been surprisingly successful.
itsdrewmiller
Did your virtual happy hours fizzle out because people didn't like them, or because no one took the ball on keeping them going? I think just taking initiative to make sure they are happening is half the battle.

In addition to happy hours we've gotten people on discord and done some coordinated gaming.

dyingkneepad
We teambuild by trash talking management and executives on our private IRC channel every day during business hours.

I always hated these after-work events you described. I'd rather spend my evenings with my wife and kids than with some random dudes. Even if I like them, I like wife and kids more.

Now if it's a happy hour during business hours, then it's fine. I will attend and leave at whatever is the time I leave work to go home.