More Workplace Stories
- The office's break room got a fresh coat of paint over the weekend, a color nobody had actually voted on or agreed to, sparking a surprisingly heated debate come Monday morning.
- The office's annual holiday gift exchange had a new rule this year requiring homemade gifts only. This resulted in some genuinely impressive baked goods and one deeply questionable hand-knitted scarf.
- The office's shared kitchen microwave finally got replaced after years of complaints. And the collective relief among the team lasted longer than most actual product launches we'd celebrated that year.
- The office's team decided to try a new communication tool that promised to replace email entirely. Three months later, we're using it alongside email, which somehow means we now check two inboxes instead of one.
- The office's annual review process this year included a new peer feedback component. This resulted in considerably more honest, if slightly uncomfortable, conversations than the usual formal reviews ever produced.
- The office's new video conferencing setup worked flawlessly for exactly one meeting. Then it reverted to the same audio glitches everyone had complained about with the old system for years running.