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Does anyone actually enjoy office Zoom drinks? The experts weigh in on alternatives


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by Filomena Kaguako
16th Apr 2021

Read time: 7 mins

If you hate virtual office drinks, you are not alone. But how else can we create those 'water cooler moments'? Filomena Kaguako hears from employees and a professor of organisational psychology

The blurred line between work life and personal life continues to impede on work-life balance. The Right to Disconnect from work is now formally signed into law, and the government is also looking to create a right to ask for remote working. However the collapse of social life at work means that employers are faced with an increased pressure to implement social events into the office calendar in order to keep some semblance of a...

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