> There is little to no social aspect of my job anymore, just an endless stream of meetings people don't want to be in and Jira tickets to be worked on. The rar

> There is little to no social aspect of my job anymore, just an endless stream of meetings people don't want to be in and Jira tickets to be worked on. The rare moments of socialization are fleeting and increasingly fewer as time goes on I’ve noticed this at work. Somewhere during the pandemic the attitude has creeped in that because we aren’t in the office, there should be no down time ever. Meetings have to be quick and to the point, no chitchat, no social meetings either. What a waste of time. Work work focus! But on my team we deliberately make time for down time. We often wrap meetings early then just sort of hang. Or we spend the first 10min of standup shooting the shit. We’re one of the few teams that still shows up for “friday hang time” every week. And we have a ridiculous amount of meetings, mostly ad-hoc, for a 4 person team. People wonder why we’re the most effective team and how we get so much done. I think that’s why. We feel like a team, not just a bunch of people working together.