Maintaining our culture requires a lot of creativity and helping everybody stay connected,” said Lyon. “The way we’ve been doing that is having lunch hour hangouts – where everyone can get together via Google Hangouts and we virtually eat lunch with each other. We do happy hours once a week, kind of virtually, together, and that has also helped us, I think.

“We’re doing little things, nothing over the top,” said Lyon. “We’re making sure that everyone still has the opportunity to connect with their teammates and connect on non-work-related items. When everybody is in the same office, that kind of stuff happens organically, but today, you actually have to make it part of your overall business operations. It has to be intentional. Make sure you’re scheduling some time for people to socialize.”

Oranj has also strived to support employee wellness – according to SourceMedia and the Best Companies Group, it offers activities and services, including a chair masseuse, to keep workers relaxed and healthy.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone, then, that employee health and safety was top of mind as Lyon contemplated how the firm would return to its offices.

“As a business, we have a plan to get back to normal when we have the ability to do that,” said Lyon. “We’re waiting for the order to be lifted – it’s in place through the end of May, so right now we’re looking at reopening our office in June. It’s difficult from my vantage point because you have to do the right thing for employees regardless of what the state or city is saying about opening the doors again – what’s important is the wellbeing of everyone who works at Oranj.”

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