Who are the people who actually think team-building exercises improve employee morale and productivity? I've never heard of anyone on the receiving end who didn't dread them.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 31, 2018 6:28:32 am PDT #27875 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Laura - Jul 31, 2018 6:35:50 am PDT #27876 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I hope the carfix is easier than anticipated.
Apparently team-building was something that happened after I left the corporate world. Here team building is more like deciding to take a break and go out to lunch or watch some tv.
Connie Neil - Jul 31, 2018 7:07:04 am PDT #27877 of 30002
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Who are the people who actually think team-building exercises improve employee morale and productivity?
They probably saw something tyhe Japanese were doing and decided to give it an American *twist*! Said with the perky head tilt and grin familiar from commercials.
Jesse - Jul 31, 2018 7:30:14 am PDT #27878 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My team has good team building. Sometimes we go out to lunch, paid for by work, and when we have long meetings like the 9-3 retreat we had last week, we do some goofy activities which are actually fun. Because they take 10 minutes and aren't overly personal or strenuous.
Toddson - Jul 31, 2018 8:18:52 am PDT #27879 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The last team building we had was escape rooms - broke up into three teams, went to a place that had three rooms, so we switched at the end of each period (it was timed). The first two, we only had 45 minutes and no one escaped. The last time, we had an hour and everyone got out of their room (MY team was first ... and, for some reason, I was the only person who knew that the safe is ALWAYS behind the painting on the wall).
It was bearable, but I don't know how well it built teams ... and it's not something I'd do voluntarily.
Dana - Jul 31, 2018 8:24:24 am PDT #27880 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would love to do an escape room, even with work people. Unfortunately, when my boss said "something fun like a lunch and learn", I think she meant that and only that.
Jesse - Jul 31, 2018 8:45:05 am PDT #27881 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I want to do an escape room, too! I should organize friends.
Lunch and learn in the middle of a 10 hour work day is no.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 31, 2018 9:13:18 am PDT #27882 of 30002
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I really like all the personality assessment things- but more personally than at work. I don't know if those are team building or just an attempt to teach adults that other people think differently than they do.
Karl - Jul 31, 2018 9:18:18 am PDT #27883 of 30002
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Oh god, they're talking about a team summit where our global team would meet up. 4 days, probably 8-6 each day. Those would be...long days.
We do these at work twice a year, and by noon of the third day, I'm nearly homicidal with overload. Every. Single. Time.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 31, 2018 9:24:56 am PDT #27884 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Maybe suggest Thunderdome as a team-building exercise next time around?