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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The best response I saw to this was that if your employees are spending 20 percent of their time on activities that "promote office culture," you should just institute a four-day workweek and you'd have the highest employee retention and satisfaction levels.    [/quote]

Ha! That's fantastic.

It's amazing how few employers are taking the overwhelming clamor for more WFH has pretty alarming feedback on that "office culture" this person is touting. If many of your employees are desperate to get away from the office, then maybe you've done a terrible job of creating a positive workplace culture.

I've always been more productive and happier working from home because there is less time wasted on dumb office BS. Who likes office birthday parties? Other than the cake, which honestly has been ruined anyway because everyone has so many dietary restrictions this days that you are as likely to be offered sugar-free, gluten-free cupcakes and OMG, I would much rather be at my desk working so that I can leave on time.[/quote]

I manage 10 people and used to love doing a monthly birthday celebration where I'd bring in a store bought dessert. I had a boss who did this at my first job, and it always a nice 30 minute break in the day and a chance for some bonding/socializing. This became much more un-fun about 10 or so years ago, and then finally quietly quit doing it. So many diet restrictions. Either eat it or don't. I DGAF about your current "allergies" or diet.[/quote]

My office of 10-12 people used to go out to lunch for every single birthday.  This was fun in the first few months of my job and slowly got very tedious (not to mention expensive).  Thank god we slowly stopped doing that.  It’s a giant waste of time to go to a crappy restaurant for your birthday, GREG.[/quote]

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