Are virtual work parties remote fun or real torture?

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The global virtual events market is expected to grow from just under $100bn in 2020 to $400bn by 2027, Grand View Research data shows

Stockholm — Virtual work parties? You can’t really mingle with colleagues, or dance with them, and it’s tough to get in the disco mood in your home office. On the other hand, you can’t spread disease, you don’t have to traipse home and there's no chance of an ill-advised amorous encounter.

The event she attended included a taxi ride and dance floor, a Queen Elizabeth II impersonator, a cocktail-making class, plus food and drink hampers delivered to the 200 party people — the staff stuck at home. She said the event was one of the best work socials she'd been to, but added: “Maybe you just had to be there.”

These initiatives include virtual Friday drinks, weeknight cookalongs and morning yoga. Klarna has even done a team-building activity where staff solve puzzles in order to break free from a virtual “escape room”, Haines said.The work-from-home experiment has been so successful in some sectors, like finance, that many people have no intention of reverting to type.

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