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So, you guys are pretty smart. What do you think the possibility is that my boss would go for the idea of me buying Nintendo Switches for my team

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Oct 23 '18, 13:01

(4 people including myself). This would not be a "here, this is yours, take it home and have fun" but a "this is part of your work as a perk" and then use it to do team building type things like have Mario Kart tournaments or play Payday 2 with 4 player multiplayer or something like that.

Note: My boss has recently suggested the idea of putting an xbox in our training room with its 16' by 9' screen.

Also, do you think I'm crazy for thinking this would be a good idea?

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I've been considering either bringing in my xbox 360, or getting an Xbox for the office. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 23, 13:55 1
- Yeah. One of my guys keeps mentioning something like that and if we had more space where we could set up a kind of gaming center, I'd probably lean - oblique Oct 23, 13:59
I like it. We have an arcade game thingy here. -- nm - Jeremy Bearimy Oct 23, 13:50
So, they'd remain in the office? -- nm - Ender Oct 23, 13:13 4
- I wasn't quite sure on that. I could see maybe letting them go on the weekends but ultimately we'd want them in the office for when we use them either - oblique Oct 23, 13:15 3
  - I think the key will be in how they're presented. - Ender Oct 23, 13:23 1
    - For sure. I'd definitely want to introduce it (if he goes for it) at a monthly staff meeting where we try them out and then work out the finer details - oblique Oct 23, 13:36
  - My dog ate my Switch. -- nm - Spawn Oct 23, 13:15
look up the cost of a corporate team building weekend retreat for financial comparison -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 13:06 6
- It's not that far removed from say a trip to the ballpark if you consider the cost of tickets, food, etc. Maybe 2 of those events since the Switch is - oblique Oct 23, 13:10 5
  - and this will last far longer than that -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 13:19
  - There are game places you can rent networked machines for the night, weekend -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 13:18 3
    - yeah, this was definitely more along the lines of "here's something we're going to have all the time" - oblique Oct 23, 13:20 2
      - And I can see the bosses thinking what a productivity disaster having gaming machines around the office will be -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 23, 13:22 1
        
        Yeah. This is my thoughts also but we already have a ping pong table in another department and his comments around the Xbox in the training room make - oblique Oct 23, 13:35
officer thinking -- nm - SyrDragon Oct 23, 13:02

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