Pizzatime

If all of your employees have been burning the midnight oil for weeks or months trying to meet a deadline, all without any praise or positive feedback, it's only a matter of time before they start feeling underappreciated.

If you let this type of thing go on for too long, and tension is simmering under the surface for months on end, a measly employee appreciation day isn't going to do the trick.

In fact, it could even flair up some of those issues, leaving your team thinking, ""I did all that hard work, and this is the thanks I get?"" 😓

Though there are many things that are great about working remotely, there are also some things we all miss about spending time at the office.

There are lots of little social moments sprinkled throughout the day when you work with other people in the same space and special occasions where you all get to gather together for a pizza party.

Luckily, you can recreate the experience of enjoying a meal together in celebration or just because, even though you're all signing in from different parts of the country or globe. 🍕

Playing charades is always a good time, whether you're hanging out IRL or virtually.

To play charades on Microsoft Teams, you can break everyone up into two different teams.

A person from the first team (team A) is directed by the second team (team B) to act out a word or phrase. Everyone else on team A then has to guess what the word or phrase is from the nonverbal gestures of the actor. If they guess right before the buzzer sounds, they get a point.

Then the process repeats again with the teams' roles flipped. You can play as many rounds as you want, and you can be certain that hilarity will definitely ensue! 🈁

One survey from Zippia found that employees overwhelmingly prefer to keep their cameras off during virtual meetings.

This is absolutely essential to consider when you're deciding whether you want to require that cameras are on when you're meeting virtually.

After all, if you mandate something that everyone hates, it can have a negative impact on morale and the company culture. 🏢