As I enter my third year of leading an entirely virtual company, I’ve been thinking a lot about how I’ve seen virtual environments impact employee morale.
To combat this, my co-founder Bruno Van Tuykom and I quickly did more to try to bring fun and team building to the virtual workplace — from company get-togethers to 1:1 virtual chats. Even with these efforts, I felt something was missing. In an office, getting together to celebrate a win — bringing on new customers, signing new partnerships, launching new products — was natural. You might go out for lunch, get a drink after work, or just see each other in person and offer congratulations. Early on, we even had a bell to ring in each new user . When you’re working virtually, just sending a few celebration emojis in Slack before moving on to the next task doesn’t cut it.