{"id":6213,"date":"2016-01-28T12:23:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T12:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2023-10-27T08:49:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T08:49:11","slug":"boise-team-meetup-wahooz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/blog\/news\/boise-team-meetup-wahooz\/","title":{"rendered":"Boise Team MeetUp at Wahooz"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6214\" style=\"width: 674px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/go-cart-crew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/go-cart-crew.jpg\" alt=\"Boise team at Wahooz for a meetup\" width=\"674\" height=\"451\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Boise team gets ready to race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working remotely has great benefits for people, planet, and profit. Less driving means more time and money and a lower carbon footprint. Our teams provide 24\/7 live answering service, and other support for our business clients, from wherever they are. Rather than spending time stuck in traffic, they&#8217;re on the Internet in their home offices, solving problems and helping our clients grow. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.answerconnect.com\/why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We wouldn&#8217;t have it any other way<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Meetups for Remote Team-Building<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, meeting up face to face once in a while is good for team unity. Plus, it\u2019s fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About twenty of our Idaho&nbsp;team members met up last week at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wahoozfunzone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wahooz Family Fun Zone<\/a> for a Boise team meetup of go-cart racing, laser tag, bowling, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natalie, Lorissa, and Jewel from our leadership team made the trip from Portland to join in the fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe best part was getting to put not only faces with names but memories as well,\u201d says Steven, one of our Boise-area team leads. Steven met his supervisor, teammates, and even one of the agents on his own team for the first time in person during the MeetUp. \u201cFrom the time spent on the go-carts, chatting while bowling, trying to dodge Natalie in laser tag, the whole event was a success. I cannot wait until we do this again,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;It Makes You Feel Valued&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Sarah leads our recruiting team from her home office in Boise. &#8220;I adore working at home, and I believe that nearly everything we can do in an office, we can do from home,&#8221; she says. However, she says she still found a lot to gain from the meetup. &#8220;It is an invaluable experience to meet in person and share some laughs and really get to know someone a little bit better,&#8221; she says. &#8220;It makes you feel valued as an employee and united as a team. I saw people laughing, smiling, feeling validated when sharing work experiences, talking about our mission and the life of the remote worker, encouraging and thanking one another,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<h2>Laser Tagging Your Boss<\/h2>\n<p>Robert, one of our customer experience associate team leads, was able&nbsp;to meet people face-to-face who he had previously only spoken to on the supervisor line, when they call to get his help or advice. He also enjoyed meeting AnswerConnect&#8217;s first employee in the state of Idaho, still with the company after six years. &#8220;That was really cool,&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was great to introduce yourself and others to different people in different departments. Seeing others relax amongst leaders and management was awesome. We are just people making our way through our busy lives, but stopping to enjoy some fun is a great opportunity to see we are just everyday people,&#8221; he says. Racing the go-carts, bowling, and playing laser tag gave the teams an opportunity to unwind together. &#8220;How often do you get away with shooting at your boss?&#8221; he says.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Boise-based team leaders Sarah and Marcia for helping to organize the event!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6217\" style=\"width: 673px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Marcia-Benton-and-Monica-Brown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Marcia-Benton-and-Monica-Brown.jpg\" alt=\"team members racing go-carts at Wahooz\" width=\"673\" height=\"449\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marcia and Monica go head-to-head on the go-cart track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6216\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Kori-Lester-Bowling-ish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6216\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Kori-Lester-Bowling-ish.jpg\" alt=\"Kori bowls at Wahooz in Boise\" width=\"672\" height=\"550\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kori demonstrates her infallible bowling technique<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6215\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Idaho-Meet-up-Racing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6215\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Idaho-Meet-up-Racing.jpg\" alt=\"go-cart racing at Wahooz\" width=\"672\" height=\"450\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boise team members racing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6218\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6218\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Robert-Camacho-and-Jewel-Miller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6218\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Robert-Camacho-and-Jewel-Miller.png\" alt=\"Boise team members at Wahooz\" width=\"675\" height=\"465\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert and Jewel at Wahooz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6220\" style=\"width: 671px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Thumbs-up-from-Natalie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6220\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/Thumbs-up-from-Natalie.jpg\" alt=\"Natalie gives thumbs up from go-cart\" width=\"671\" height=\"450\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalie approves of fun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6219\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/answerconnect-blog\/2016\/01\/steven-and-robert-go-carts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6219 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/answerconnect-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/2016\/01\/steven-and-robert-go-carts-e1460725906842.jpg\" alt=\"Boise team member selfie in go-carts\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A go-cart selfie from Steven and Robert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working remotely has great benefits for people, planet, and profit. 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