In our case, it's not just 10 minutes. It's however long we want. In practice, it's about 30-45 minutes on Mondays, and about 15-20 minutes on other weekdays.

In our case, it's not just 10 minutes. It's however long we want. In practice, it's about 30-45 minutes on Mondays, and about 15-20 minutes on other weekdays. We talk until nobody has anything to say, and then break up and go about our day. Lunches never worked for us because we each prefer a different lunchtime. I was always about 2-3 hours earlier than the latest people. Oh, did I mention that we set our own schedule? I'm the earliest. And now with someone remote, the latest is 4 hours later. But I'll freely admit that Friday lunches might work better for many teams. This company has monthly events that has the whole company close the doors and do something, and also monthly birthday/cupcake events where we just announce any news, birthdays, anniversaries, and eat cupcakes. I think that basically takes the place of the Friday lunch thing that you'd have.