One of the crucial widespread “ask the readers” posts final yr was on uncommon however enjoyable workplace traditions. Right here’s a few of what obtained shared final yr:
• We had The Crew Plant. It was a pleasant odd workplace houseplant in a basket, and it didn’t belong to anybody specifically. More often than not it lived on a credenza in the midst of our open house. However generally the crew would simply determine that you just deserved or wanted to have The Crew Plant in your desk for some time. You may discover it in your desk when you obtained a promotion or had a brand new grandchild, or in case your automobile was broken in a fender-bender or somebody in your account crew left the corporate, or when you had a chilly and have been dragging. It appeared on my desk the week my father died and stayed there for some time, after which certainly one of my co-workers accomplished a tough venture and I handed it on to him.
• My flooring has all the lights off. We don’t like fluorescent lights. New individuals get a handful of poop emoji erasers to make use of as weapons to toss while you want somebody’s consideration however they’ve headphones on.
• I labored in a really informal office (shorts, denims, principally something goes so long as it’s not too revealing), and we’d sometimes have a “Formal Friday” (like informal Friday, however the reverse, get it?). Some individuals would simply costume workplace snazzy, some would put on one thing you’d put on to a cocktail celebration, and a few individuals used the chance to bust out their 80s/90s attire with shoulder pads and chunky gold jewellery. Good enjoyable. (And, in fact, completely elective.)
• We now have interns who graduate into everlasting staff after ending their PhDs. We now have an odd custom of creating individuals recite their thesis matter in iambic pentameter.
• I’ve simply joined a crew the place individuals have large grownup terry material bibs to put on at lunch time. (The sort that may be purchased in bulk for nursing properties.) Mine was bestowed on me this week and I’m surprisingly pleased about it.
There was a clamor to share uncommon workplace traditions once more this yr, so have it at: please share within the feedback!
