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Several days ago the monthly work breakfast was held, an event the work team look forward to because it's a chance to socialise on work time, to interact with others from off-site locations and get a free breakfast at the same time. There's benefit for the company too as it fosters better relationships between individuals and the different departments and because the responsibility for hosting the breakfast rotates between team members it builds unity and teamwork between people that might not necessarily work together in a typical work day.

It was my turn to host it along with two others and that meant a little planning (the two girls did that) for the food based on attendees' dietary needs and number of attendees of course. They went shopping for the stuff and on Thursday morning I arrived a couple hours early to work to help with the breakfast preparation.

I'd decided I'd simply do what I was told by those two girls (safer that way) and ended up, as expected, on barbeque cooking detail.

They did the cutting up of stuff, the fruit platter, as I prepared the barbeque for cooking on. I was cooking bacon and eggs, mushrooms and tomato halves. When it was hot, one of the girls started placing the stuff (under my expert guidance) onto the hotplate as I needed...me, with tongs in one hand and an egg-slice in the other, did the cooking. It all went really smoothly (it's nice to have a side-kick when barbequing) and we ended up filling a platter with the good stuff in no time. I then toasted split English muffins on the hotplate and breakfast was served.

Ok, it wasn't served for me as there was a second round of cooking to do which I got straight into as above, but once done it was time for me to eat and hang out with the rest of the team to socialise. An hour and a half later we all went off to our respective work locations feeling pretty happy (I cleaned the barbeque first and we all cleaned up of course) and the day went on as usual...better than usual I guess because everyone enjoys those work breakfasts.

I know some people don't like this sort of thing in the workplace but I don't mind; it's really quite a positive thing to get the team interacting like that and getting people into a social environment, people who work apart or in different locations, can help them relax and connect so that when work kicks off again people know each other better which is productive for inter-team communication and overall productivity.

Have you ever had such a thing in your workplace and if so was it of a positive benefit or not? Was it simply awkward? Did doing social things like this with the team help people communicate and interact better in the workplace or were people negative about it and uninvested? Did you help or did you sit back and let other's do all the work? Feel free to comment.

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  • @duskobgd(74)· 729d

    In our sector (ICT), we do not have the practice of making breakfast, but... Once a year we organize a get-together for the entire sector (50+ colleagues), when we hold some competitions around food sampling. We always have a sector lunch for the New year in the company.. And for every birthday or passing a master's exam or a course, certificate, wedding. the birth of a child, buying an apartment, a car... We prepare food or cakes for each other. At every breakfast, lunch, dinner, we get to know each other - what we really are, not what we are behind the mask of a business person.

  • @p1k4ppa10(73)· 729d

    I confess that I have never had shared breakfasts at work, we have done it with other meals sometimes dinners sometimes lunches but never for breakfast.

    In my opinion it is something beautiful also because breakfast is the meal I love the most.

    Lately I have started to have a savory breakfast and it has become the only meal for me that I cannot give up; here in Italy it is customary to have breakfast with sweet foods and there are few who do savory.

    What I see in the photo seems delicious to me, are you the creator?😋

  • @jacey.boldart(73)· 729d

    That looks Yummy !

    Sounds like a nice way to get everyone's day started in a happy direction.

    I have never been in charge of feeding large crowds. You may laugh, but it did remind me of when I lived in San Antonio when I was in my 40s and the company had one of those big popcorn machines. Once a month one of the departments would be responsible for getting the corn popper cart to the breakroom and popping enough corn for everyone to have some on the afternoon break. When it was our turn, my office partner and I took our turn. As a small addition to our turn, I had bought some assorted flavored popcorn salts that people could add to theirs if the chose. As simple as that was, nobody else had ever thought to do anything different, so it went over quite well.

    I love popcorn from those real poppers as it makes the corn taste just like the kind you get at the movies. Yum !

  • @tamaralovelace(70)· 729d

    Appreciation is always welcome in the work place. The paycheck is nice, but acknowledgement outside of a salary and a thank you go a long way to fostering a cohesive, happy team. So many work places nowadays have stopped hosting these types of events, so I've heard. They just want you to show up, shut up, collect your pay and go home lol.

    Your plate looks delicious and I'm wondering what the next team will bring to the table. It will be tough to top this one.

  • @avdesing(80)· 729d

    That breakfast looks great! Meat for breakfast... I don't usually eat it, I eat very little hahaha but it looks great!

    When I was a teacher, I used to organise get-togethers for the students to meet, interact and have a good time, I used to do it some Saturdays of the year, in the afternoon in my garden and I loved organising that event. It went really well and everyone got to know each other.

    When I worked as a sales representative, sometimes the boss would give a breakfast for everyone and we had a great time, coffee and churros, very tasty! The intention was to start the day in a good mood, because the work was too hard. And it worked!

    It is an excellent technique to make the employees feel at ease and to motivate them.

  • @josie2214(66)· 729d

    Back in the day we voluntarily started to bring snacks to work on Fridays for our team. It was a nice little touch to the end of the week and some extra dopamine boost, as it was exciting to find out what kind of snacks someone had brought, or the joy of surprising colleagues with something interesting and fresh.

    Since it was a completely voluntary thing a few issues popped up. Like, only some team members would bring the snacks, and others would only partake in the eating aspect of the whole thing. Or some Fridays 3 people would bring something at the same time, while other Fridays no one would.

    This is where the Team Lead decided to step in to regulate the whole thing and made it mandatory, with a schedule and everything, and, honestly it just soured the whole thing entirely..

    Hugs&Coffee,
    ~Josie~

  • @deirdyweirdy(72)· 729d

    It's a great man who can cook a good poached egg! So how many did you cook for? I don't think any of my motley crew of scallywags and chancers would have turned up for a work breakfast. All of the team-building in my day took place in the pub on pay day.

  • @enraizar(71)· 729d

    Hi Galen, looking at the delicacy of photography I will tell you that I have never been to breakfast or lunch with the people I share a workplace with something so succulent.

    I will tell you that my office is located in a center where there are other offices where other colleagues work. And every Christmas we get together to share a snack-dinner in which each of us brings something from home, such as a bun, cake, omelet, canapés, etc.

    We have a nice time, although there are some people I won't see again for a year... It's not a bad experience considering that we are roommates, not co-workers...

    .

  • @outwars(72)· 729d

    I've never been to one where we had to cook the food. But in one of the companies I've been in, the management allocated a budget to teams so that they can have a team lunch every month. It was a nice experience, and people were always excited for it. Some would even plan and look for a good restaurant days before. I do think it helped keep team morale up.

  • @nanixxx(76)· 729d

    Oh, under your expert supervision that must have turned out great. It's not good to read about food at 1:33 am... now I have to go stick my nose in the fridge and see what I can find!

  • @ryivhnn(73)· 730d

    It's usually nice to have sidekicks XD

    We don't regularly do stuff like that at work, mostly because most of us are casuals that work after hours (the office staff are there during normal office hours). Our rough equivalent would be the daily smoko meetings (a few members of the various teams smoke which obviously has to happen outside away from the building and those of us that are there will usually cluster around for a chat which could be work related or could be whatever).

    I think a monthly breakfast or lunch sounds pretty cool especially if you're working somewhere full time. Are the people that don't like it introverts and/or heavy compartmentalisers by any chance? :)

  • @bozz(83)· 730d

    That looks absolutely delicious! Very nice! We have a couple big events like this, but honestly, I don't think they every turn out quite as nice as yours! We have opening day breakfast for all of the staff and then we have a summer school board barbeque. For me, they are always awkward, but I am just socially awkward anyway. I know if probably doesn't seem like it based on our interactions here, but I am kind of a totally different person in real life than I am online. Which is a whole different issue I guess...

  • @oceanbee(70)· 730d

    Oh yes, I like these. They are great to get to know peeps a bit better, or differently than through work. We usually have a Thanksgiving lunch in our office - pretty fun.

  • @cmplxty(78)· 730d

    This is pretty awesome, I love the concept. I think team building things like this are super important and it's very frustrating and annoying how cultures change. My group I used to work with for many years, they had parties a few times a year as a way to say thank you to the people who worked with them day in and day out.

    Restructuring happened and that group was out, and a new, bigger group came in. All of the parties stopped and the only "thank you" we got was a fucking Costco ice cream sandwich. It was such a slap in the face and along with many other changes, completely ruined the atmosphere of the place and the best people left.

    If I ever get back to working in an office setting, I will definitely be doing something like this!

  • @manclar(74)· 730d

    It reminds me of many years ago back in 1997, when they had these meetings in Renaware, they offered these massive breakfasts where about 50 people attended. I liked attending because of the pleasant atmosphere and being able to chat with my colleagues. It is always enriching to humanize work. I think these methods need to be put into practice more by companies.

    That dish looks very appetizing, it even looks gourmet!

    I'm curious, how many people did you prepare breakfast for?

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  • @mnurhiver(76)· 730d

    When food is served like that on a plate it looks very delicious and healthy and fresh to be able to enjoy foods like this in the morning.🍻🤝 Greetings for today my brother.