Corona Chronicle #25: How to maintain culture when you're physically apart/Maintain communication through Whatsapp- Jillian Whitlow- Austin, TX

 

Find out more about Jillian and Suerte here.

Key takeaways

1. Maintain culture by staying connected with your team while physically separated
2. Suerte chose WhatsApp because it's less concerned with “work”
3. WhatsApp and communication with your team allows you to get to know each other better and become closer while physically separated
4. WhatsApp has a Coronavirus Information Hub on their website which makes this easier
5. Suerte has a tri-weekly newsletter given to everyone on their team
6. Suerte had to lay-off their staff so they are providing meals to those who got laid-off
7. Suerte has decided to close temporarily in order to take care oft heir people first
8. File a mass-unemployment application for your entire staff
9. Keep up team morale as best you can during this time

Resources mentioned in this Chronicle:

• WhatsApp group chatting
• Slack for group communication more related to work
• In the Weeds Facebook group (Austin Service Industry)
• Seasoned App