For over a decade, the world’s largest companies have known about the benefits of karaoke and have actively used singing to solve a whole range of issues: from relaxing their colleagues to teaching necessary skills. Friday night karaoke has long become an important part of Western corporate culture.
Moreover, unspoken karaoke rules have emerged as part of corporate etiquette. For example, a top executive is recommended to leave a karaoke party with subordinates 30-40 minutes after it starts, so as not to make the team feel awkward with their presence and allow employees to truly relax.
In addition to organizing off-site parties, many companies equip special music rooms right in their offices. You can use them at any time to relieve stress and clear your head after a hard day. Let’s take a walk through the offices of famous companies and see that karaoke at work is an effective mechanism for increasing loyalty.
1. Google
One of the most valuable companies in the world boasts fully-fledged music rooms for employees on its campuses. Here you can not only sing your favorite song into a karaoke system but also play a variety of musical instruments.
2. Facebook (Meta)
Mark Zuckerberg’s company is not lagging behind the “corporation of good”, regularly hosting internal karaoke tournaments right during lunch breaks to boost team spirit.
3. Spotify
It would be strange if one of the planet’s main music streaming services didn’t have a separately equipped karaoke room. Spotify employees live for music and happily sing in their spare time.
4. Amazon
Amazon is rightfully considered one of the IT giants with the most thoughtfully designed offices. Taking a five-minute karaoke break here is possible right during the workday to reboot the brain before a complex task.
5. ePerformax Contact Centers & BPO
This leading outsourcing company uses karaoke for more than just entertainment. Singing here plays an important role in developing the communication skills of operators, and also helps overcome shyness and the fear of public speaking.
6. Deloitte University
Even serious institutions like business academies have long recognized the benefits of karaoke for aspiring entrepreneurs and actively promote singing as part of the learning process and breaking down communication barriers.
7. clearXchange (Zelle)
The guys from the payment system know everything about bank transfers. But they also know how great it is to occasionally hook up a karaoke system and relax with a mic in hand.
8. Marin Software
It’s not just IT industry giants who love music. Smaller software developers, like Marin Software, also regularly rock out at parties at the end of the workday right within the office walls.
9. Zendesk
Do you know how the programmers of the famous customer support service Zendesk relieve stress? That’s right: they turn on karaoke and sing.
10. Kabam
The office of mobile game developer Kabam adheres to a roughly similar policy: “sing everywhere and always.” There is no better way to relax so quickly and invigorate your thoughts than performing your favorite hit.
