Corona Chronicle #25: How to maintain culture when you're physically apart/Maintain communication through Whatsapp- Jillian Whitlow- Austin, TX
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- Published
- Thu 26 Mar 2020
- Episode Link
- https://restaurantunstoppable.libsyn.com/corona-chronicle-25-how-to-maintain-culture-when-youre-physically-apartmaintain-communication-through-whatsapp-jillian-whitlow-austin-tx
Find out more about Jillian and Suerte here.
Key takeaways- Maintain culture by staying connected with your team while physically separated
- Suerte chose WhatsApp because it's less concerned with “work”
- WhatsApp and communication with your team allows you to get to know each other better and become closer while physically separated
- WhatsApp has a Coronavirus Information Hub on their website which makes this easier
- Suerte has a tri-weekly newsletter given to everyone on their team
- Suerte had to lay-off their staff so they are providing meals to those who got laid-off
- Suerte has decided to close temporarily in order to take care oft heir people first
- File a mass-unemployment application for your entire staff
- Keep up team morale as best you can during this time
- WhatsApp group chatting
- Slack for group communication more related to work
- In the Weeds Facebook group (Austin Service Industry)
- Seasoned App
