[Consultant32452]

Please ping a colleague for chit-chat. You'll figure out pretty quickly who is interested in this. Just like face-to-face some people will want to talk and others won't.

I chat about kids, hobbies, side-projects, etc. with coworkers on a daily basis via Slack. I really stepped this up during the lockdowns specifically to help maintain sanity. One coworker was in Canada with her son while her husband was trapped in the US and they could not see each other due to travel restrictions. I checked in on her regularly and she seemed to really appreciate it.

This has lead to one former coworker and me starting our own small business and significantly increasing our income. As well as other friendships where we do things like vacation together even though we don't see each other on a regular basis.