+1 for āliberal attitude towards employee usage of conference roomsā; Epic does this, and itās excellent.
Another good practice from Epic: They have a system for registering oneās expertiseāāIām really good at Visual Basic, call me if you have an issueāāwhich they allow employees to use for non-work interests. Thatās how I found Epicās Magic: the Gathering club, and how I found enough people to start a corporate EA group there (the system gave me an easy way to contact people with a stated interest in psychology or philosophy).
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Was the āmassive drinkingā example from resource you found, or from your own personal experience? I can imagine that practice creating social support, but it also seems to have an especially high risk of feeling āinvasiveāāfor people who donāt drink at all, people who feel pressured to drink too much, people who are trying to cut down on their drinking, etc.
āMassive drinkingā was reported by a friend on my FB wall. I agree with you that itās fraught, but not necessarily more so than the āstand up if this applies to youā game, which one person on FB objected to pretty strongly.
My experience at Wave was that there were things they did that felt supportive and welcoming, that at my previous job would have felt invasive and required an emotional performance. Iām not sure there is a substitute for a healthy workplace.
+1 for āliberal attitude towards employee usage of conference roomsā; Epic does this, and itās excellent.
Another good practice from Epic: They have a system for registering oneās expertiseāāIām really good at Visual Basic, call me if you have an issueāāwhich they allow employees to use for non-work interests. Thatās how I found Epicās Magic: the Gathering club, and how I found enough people to start a corporate EA group there (the system gave me an easy way to contact people with a stated interest in psychology or philosophy).
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Was the āmassive drinkingā example from resource you found, or from your own personal experience? I can imagine that practice creating social support, but it also seems to have an especially high risk of feeling āinvasiveāāfor people who donāt drink at all, people who feel pressured to drink too much, people who are trying to cut down on their drinking, etc.
āMassive drinkingā was reported by a friend on my FB wall. I agree with you that itās fraught, but not necessarily more so than the āstand up if this applies to youā game, which one person on FB objected to pretty strongly.
My experience at Wave was that there were things they did that felt supportive and welcoming, that at my previous job would have felt invasive and required an emotional performance. Iām not sure there is a substitute for a healthy workplace.