As a company we pride ourselves on keeping relationships between colleagues strong and our teams connected. We have open plan offices where everyone eats lunch together and can enjoy a beer on a Friday night. Every month we host a team event somewhere in the city, whether it be a trip to the Amsterdam tower swing, rock climbing, a cocktail and sushi night or boat trip around the canals.
So to go from all of these social engagements to working from home, often from small apartments with screaming kids, it’s been quite an adjustment for our team and the way we work and socialize with our colleagues.
We’re slowly coming back to the office and adjusting to the new normal. But we’d like to reflect on our time as an all-remote company.
We felt it was super important to keep our people engaged and enjoy a little more connection throughout these times. Our people team have been working hard on a few key initiatives and we’d love to share them with you!
Evening yoga & morning meditation with our very own yogi, Camilla Bernadi
Each Wednesday afternoon and Friday morning our personal yogi, Camilla, taught an online class in Yin Yoga and meditation. This gave our employees some space to relax during their sometimes hectic schedule.
Pizza delivery for our Innovation Sprint tradition
Each quarter we host an Innovation Sprint for 3 days to work on new projects we don’t otherwise have time for! Our tradition is to all have pizza together on the Friday night! So we organized a Pizza for all our employees across the globe!
Coronavirus themed game of “Never have I ever”
The team joined us for a virtual game of “Never have I ever” - but with a twist. Every questions needed to be linked to life during the coronavirus lockdown like “Never have I ever, not had a shower for 2 days”, “Not get out of my pajamas for the whole day” or “Taken a nap at lunch time”. Winners won a Deliveroo voucher!
Beer delivery to celebrate Protolabs Network’s 7th birthday!
To celebrate our 7th birthday, we still wanted to make sure all our employees were in on the party! We delivered a beer package to every one of our employees’ lock down locations across the world.
Coffee corner
On Wednesday mornings, our chef’s Pasquale and Nisha hosted the team for a catch up for coffee and to socialize.
Cooking classes hosted by our chefs
Each day, our in-house chefs posted a new recipe for our employees to access. On the same day, both Pasquale and Nisha hosted a live cooking tutorial to keep our 3D we’ bellies happy!
> As we’re slowly now heading back into the office 1 or 2 days a week we can look back at this time as bittersweet, although isolated we connected in ways we wouldn’t have thought to! >
