Companies Strain to Outdo Each Other with Work-from-Home Perks (Think Ukuleles)

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Out: online trivia nights, cocktails with coworkers, and pizza night. In: ukulele-building, personal trainers, crafting lessons. After five months working from home, companies are scrapping for new ways to keep employees engaged.

Nimbus Therapeutics used to cater lunch for its entire staff three times a week at its Cambridge, Mass., headquarters—a hip place where the taxidermied office moose has its own Instagram account. Employees got plenty of branded swag, and enjoyed perks such as company-paid spa treatments.

Now, Nimbus is one of many firms in the biotech cluster of Massachusetts and beyond trying to keep the lavish freebies flowing while many, if not all of their employees are still working remotely. And they are one-upping each other with ever-zanier...

 

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Nobody is straining to outdo a thing in my company.

They can be motivated by ending the worthless quarantine

How about by working, what people typically do while being paid for working.

Just let employees work in peace. That’s all we want.

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How about a ZOOM happy hour😂

Dumb companies with OLD CEO's who can't adapt. You don't need a 75 year old who can hardly use a phone in a transfer to tech meetings

How about $$$$

Stop this bullshit! It's time people return to normal life. It amazes me young people are THAT afraid of living. Before coronavirus their were going to parties and kissing and having sex with complete strangers. Now to avoid other low risk event, they stopped living!

Why would I want to spend any time outside of work talking to coworkers online? What a dumb idea.

Better yet, leave employees alone to enjoy their off time without having to engage in “forced fun.”

Sounds like a lifestyle a lot of us should adapt to, but are having a rough time with.

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