This company has been fully remote for 14 years—here's how they handle virtual holiday parties

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This company has been fully remote for 14 years—here's how they handle virtual holiday parties. (via CNBCMakeIt)

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, a career site for remote workers, has operated in a fully remote capacity for nearly 14 years, has 84 employees and 42 contractors across the U.S. and manages flexible-work job postings from more than 5,000 global companies.how the company is showing appreciation for workers this holiday season and how organizations that've never hosted year-end events virtually can do so successfully in the coming weeks.

FlexJobs generally sticks to simple group activities that can be done through video chats and sending packages to each other by mail, such as Secret Santa gift exchanges, cookie swaps, ugly sweater contests and virtual lunches. For larger gatherings, she recommends a host kicks things off and, throughout the course of the event, moves people into different breakout rooms to facilitate better conversation among colleagues.The holidays are a time for giving, and given the way the coronavirus pandemic has impacted many Americans' health and financial security, employees may request that any funds generally reserved for year-end events instead be donated back to the community.

 

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