Remote work can feel isolating to a lot of people! You're used to spending some of your day catching up and making jokes and walking about. You should still do that, but doing it alone isn't quite the same.
Yes! Do this - in fact, my team (distributed across 2 countries and often with many people working from home anyway) have 2 "private" channels for our team - the "work" one and the "cat pics" one (which of course has way more than just cat pics - it's really just the fun one!) - a great way to build the team morale and break down barriers that can naturally start to occur when remote teams only ever talk work - when things feel almost "transactional" it is terrible for morale and (ironically) gets in the way of good teamwork.
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Great set of tips :)
Yes! Do this - in fact, my team (distributed across 2 countries and often with many people working from home anyway) have 2 "private" channels for our team - the "work" one and the "cat pics" one (which of course has way more than just cat pics - it's really just the fun one!) - a great way to build the team morale and break down barriers that can naturally start to occur when remote teams only ever talk work - when things feel almost "transactional" it is terrible for morale and (ironically) gets in the way of good teamwork.
Love that! We have random-pets haha. Same idea but my dog is allowed :)
Haha yes I'm all for pet diversity ;)