syed_h5's comments

I have been loving your comments. I very strongly agree with your other comment about how to do you get two introverts to talk? of course people will offer up info to the managers.

If you don't mind, please check out what we are doing here: https://www.getparallel.io/

We are big fan of WFH and want it to stay. We just wrapped up our MVP and talking to accelerators.

I have formed a lot of relationships online. But that is because I am good at doing so. Even then it took months to form real bonds. It would not have taken months if I knew what common ground to have conversations on from the start.

totally agree with you on the mechanisms not being there. That is what we are trying to do with https://www.getparallel.io/

Yeah kind of marketing is as a team building tool and bettering corporate culture is our angle. We wrapped up our MVP and now just trying to get into the door with HR. Any ideas on how to get into the door with HR?

I will pass on the website comments to the team haha

So, we actually thought a lot about this. All the categories and interests we put are pretty HR friendly. Nothing NSFW. The most NSFW thing is Sunny haha

Agree with you man, LinkedIn has gone downhill. So, we don't have any functionality to write posts or promote anything. We actually lock it down to only corporations. Like you need your corp email to sign up (only if your corp uses us) and then only connect with people in your corporation.

Hey thanks for the feedback!

So, when I was first starting out, even at an “in office” company, it took time to get close to my coworkers. I saw this problem with really any new employee. It took me months to figure out my boss also liked “it’s always sunny in Philadelphia” and basketball, and rap etc. If I had known this from day 1, then I would have connected with him more from day 1. That would have taken out anxiety or the discomfort of asking difficult questions. For him he would have subconsciously taken more time to make sure I had everything I needed. No matter what we say, we always help people more when we like them.

^ now imagine all that in a remote environment. Usually takes much longer to fit in. In my new fully remote company it took 6months- a year to settle in. Why not just cut out all the leg work of discovery? If someone around me at work likes FIFA as much as I do, then let’s chat about it. It speeds up the social connection and makes work more fun cuz you would genuinely have more friends there.

Also, a big thing about who uses it and who doesn’t. As normal you will always have the early adopters in the company, the new people and the HR people that will use it. But when the results are seen more often, managers will ask their teams to use it. A profile takes less than 3 min to create. So from that point on you will get connections via your most loved topics weekly. (I would love to log in on Monday and know the new guy we just hired loves playing fifa).

That will make people come back and grow the network. The network effect within the company should be great enough to get more people into it and using it.

Btw I really do love your feedback. We have the LLC, the mvp etc etc. And actively talking to HR execs. So questions like these are great.

Oh wow. Thank you for letting me know. I am new here.

Yes, I will post again with less generic tittle. This was very helpful. Thank yOU!

So I don't want WFH to ever end. Ever.

My point for our startup is to enhance the WFH experience.

For more context on what we are trying to do, you can check us out here: https://www.getparallel.io/

MVP done while we are still testing the waters.

So, that is great! But that isn't an option for everyone and that is okay.

But would it be bad if you were to have good social connections at work as well?

You highlighted the problem we are trying to solve so well, and we love WFH too.

Our platform doesn't want outside activities to be the only way to bond. The easiest way to bond is to talk about interests both people share.

Could you please check out our platform and give us some feedback? We are essentially trying to cut out the legwork needed to form meaningful social bonds.

https://www.getparallel.io/

FYI we are big fans of WFH and want WFH to stay!

Yes, I don't think companies have really figured out how to grow the bond within teams. A lot of times employees struggle with just belonging to a company.

I really liked your POV. I am asking this favor from some of the people here with unique POVs. Would you mind checking us out at www.getparallel.io ? We wrapped up our MVP and our whole thing is to provide the fertile soil as you mentioned.

Do you think it would help if you already knew topics that would spark a conversation between you and your co-workers instantly?

Can you check out what we are making to solve this at www.getparallel.io ? I feel like it would have worked really well for you. Would love to know your thoughts.

Hybrid envs are nice for sure. But overall people still need time to build those relationships. especially if they are new.

Since you work at a hybrid env, would you mind checking us out at www.getparallel.io ? We wrapped up our MVP and our whole thing is to have great social connections no matter the work environment. So your hybrid POV will be helpful.

Agreed with all that.

Do you think the offsite events would be fun if you already knew people there had similar passions as you? For example, lets say an offsite get scheduled. You see the people on a platform and you see similarities between you and them. For example if your profile has game of thrones, star wars, FIFA, NBA, EVs as something you love, and then before the off site you see a co-workers with some of the same stuff too, would that make the off site better? Because then you could go to the offsite and immediately talk to that person about the game last night, or about FIFA.

Yes, so we thought a lot about new people joining remote companies or even hybrid companies. Like how do these people connect with their team ASAP? The faster they get comfortable the faster they become productive. That is usually hard to do for new folks in remote/hybrid env.

I agree with the silos too. I think we as a world should strive to make work more fun, friendly and honestly less miserable.

I am asking this favor from some of the people here with unique POVs. Would you mind checking us out at www.getparallel.io ? We wrapped up our MVP and our whole thing is to have great social connections no matter the work environment.

So, I enjoyed reading your POV. I agree that having a network of people is important and most of the time that network is created on personal relationship and not just work.

I love WFH. I think our solution actually comes close to your ideal situation. Would you mind checking us out at www.getparallel.io ? We wrapped up our MVP and our whole thing is to have great social connections no matter the work env.

So I don't agree with this time of thinking. It is very archaic and less progressive towards a better culture. Yes, working well should be #1 priority. But relationship building goes far anywhere. Nobody is always perfect and having good relationships across teams help you at work more when there are tight situations.

Does taking about politics with co-workers help? No. But does talking about sports, cars, shows, movies, tech advancements etc help? Absolutely.

I would love to get a manager's POV on what we are doing. Because I agree with you. A manager is a crucial part in culture.

Could you please check out www.getparallel.io ? I would love to get your thoughts on it.

We completely take out the leg work initially needed to build and establish relationships in a work env. We are here to make WFH better. Some of the best work is done when people bond over things that aren't even work.

Man, this might be my most favorite comment so far as I am reading through everything.

I love the way you put it. We are trying to do exactly that, build camaraderie from day 1 without the leg work. If I join a new team, instantly knowing who else is a Cricket fan is a sure fire way for me to get close to them and fit into the team faster.

Could you please check out www.getparallel.io ? I would love to get your thoughts on it.