Do your team feel appreciated? Or do you give them pizza...
Listen, we dunk on pizza parties a lot here at Guusto. What could be so bad about a free lunch and a little bit of time away from work to chat with your co-workers?
I actually found exactly this question recently on Reddit, a user confused at the pizza party hate. They mentioned enjoying pizza and chatting with their colleagues. They also mentioned being European, being paid fairly and feeling appreciated in the workplace. Which is exactly where the real issue manifests.
To often, workplaces are overworking and under-appreciating their team members. Where constant, small recognition should be - there is nothing. Instead, the recognition of the ongoing work is replaced with a pizza at the end of the quarter.
Instead of the celebratory free lunch it should be, it feels like a slap in the face. A patch for the, 'I'm aware I haven't said thank you to you in the last 9 weeks, but hopefully you'll forget after a slice of pizza'.
Just make sure you don't have any dietary restrictions, because then you get no thank you at all.
Pizza parties aren't bad, as long as your team feels appreciated already.
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Procurement Manager at Ecobat
6moLooks amazing! So happy to see that you guys are celebrating your monthly accomplishments!