From virtual parties to food delivery, firms are going all out to fill the void left by water cooler conversations and cafeteria lunches.
New Delhi: Pritam Thakur who lives by his own in Bengaluru used to take pride in the fact that his firm, homegrown regional-language social media platform ShareChat, celebrated every festival with a lot of fanfare in its offices.
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After ShareChat asked employees to work from home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreaks, weeks before the government called for a lockdown, Thakur, who is the head of content creation, misses some of that excitement and the socialising with friends and colleagues.
But he is trying to make up for it by attending “virtual weekend parties” and online gaming contests being organised by the firm. Even during Ugadi, the new year in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, colleagues shared pictures of how they celebrated the festival at their homes.
Source: Economic Times
