Office fun ideas

Team

For the people you sit with. Over 200 icebreaker questions for stand-ups, calls and offsites, each short enough for its slot. Then 300 awards with a reason to read out and a certificate to print, and over 40 pranks with the way to undo each one.

Desk

For your own screen and the line under your name. Eight backgrounds for Zoom and Teams, drawn so your head doesn’t cover the joke. 39 funny job titles with the job behind each, and a generator good for 15,120 more.

Office fun ideas inside the working day

Ask British employees which work social activity they like least, and 31% say team building. After-hours drinks come second, at 20%. Most of these ideas fit inside the working day, at a desk or in a meeting already booked, and none needs a sign-up sheet.

The icebreaker questions for work take a minute at a stand-up and up to fifteen at an offsite. Nobody has to stand in a circle.

Awards with a reason

Between 2022 and 2024, people who got high-quality recognition at work were 45% less likely to leave the job. Each of the funny office awards comes with a reason to read out, so the certificate names something the person did.

Pranks with an undo

44% of Americans call April Fools’ pranks amusing, and 41% call them annoying. Every one of the office pranks comes off in a minute, so the 41% only have to be annoyed for a minute.

A title and a background

A grander title is the cheapest perk an office has. 39% of US workers say they’ve been given a more senior one with no pay increase. The funny job titles at least say what the job is.

The funny Zoom backgrounds work in Teams too. Each keeps its joke at the edge of the picture, where your head isn’t. In the lift, the whole call still sees your manager running for the doors.