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Huh. I guess this depends if you see a deliberately designed ritual as something hostile, or something thoughtful. How is this different from using clever office aesthetics to evoke a work culture? The mystical, like art, is good for the mind. Just, like, don’t join a cult.
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There’s a ton of emergent stuff that’s great. It’s the artifice here that’s the problem, not the effect. And ymmv but there can definitely be costs to refusing to participate in such things, for eg if the big boss is very into it.
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Don’t they? Nudge in the workplace is definitely a thing. But, I’ve become sensitive to those who need jobs to fulfill other human needs besides $$. I skip all corporate events, with no (noticeable) penalty. But some people love them and rely on them. This is for them, not us.
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Actually it’s one of the smallest but most profound mindfucks of these plague times for me: People actually miss work bonding events. People don’t have real friends outside of work. People were really invested in workplace drama as a good, not an unfortunate reality.
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