50 Debate Topics for Work
These debate topics for work are low-stakes arguments about meetings, email habits, office snacks and remote days. Play free with your team: vote guilty or not guilty on each claim and keep it friendly.
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1. Every meeting should have a written agenda.
Meetings2. Cameras should be optional on video calls.
Meetings3. Meetings should last 25 minutes, not 30.
Meetings4. Standing meetings beat sitting meetings.
Meetings5. Monday morning meetings should be banned.
Meetings6. Icebreakers at the start of meetings are worth the time.
Meetings7. Whoever books the meeting should take the notes.
Meetings8. Meeting-free Fridays should be standard everywhere.
Meetings9. Recording a meeting is better than taking notes.
Meetings10. Emojis in work emails are perfectly professional.
Email & chat11. Reply-all should be turned off by default.
Email & chat12. Messages written after hours should be scheduled for the morning.
Email & chat13. A thumbs-up reaction counts as a full reply.
Email & chat14. Sending just "hi" in chat with no follow-up should be banned.
Email & chat15. Email signatures should be one line long.
Email & chat16. Out-of-office replies should be allowed to be funny.
Email & chat17. Voice messages have no place at work.
Email & chat18. Exclamation points make emails sound friendlier.
Email & chat19. The office thermostat should be decided by a team vote.
Office life20. Desk plants make everyone more productive.
Office life21. Assigned desks beat hot-desking.
Office life22. Desk decorations should have no limit.
Office life23. Background music should be allowed in shared spaces.
Office life24. Open-plan offices do more harm than good.
Office life25. The last person to use the printer should refill the paper.
Office life26. Whiteboards beat digital whiteboards.
Office life27. A clean desk at the end of each day should be a team rule.
Office life28. The office microwave needs a lunchtime sign-up sheet.
Food & breaks29. Labeled food is off-limits, but unlabeled food is fair game.
Food & breaks30. Lunch at your desk is not a real break.
Food & breaks31. The last person leaving a meeting room should reset every chair.
Food & breaks32. Tea drinkers deserve as much shelf space as coffee drinkers.
Food & breaks33. Birthday cake at work should be one monthly party, not one per person.
Food & breaks34. Leftover meeting snacks should be announced in the team chat.
Food & breaks35. A team lunch is better than a team outing.
Food & breaks36. Working from home is more productive than working at the office.
Remote work37. Pajama pants on video calls are acceptable.
Remote work38. Pets on video calls should always be welcomed.
Remote work39. Virtual backgrounds are better than showing your real room.
Remote work40. Hybrid schedules should be set by teams, not individuals.
Remote work41. Working from a cafe counts as working from home.
Remote work42. Remote workers should get a snack budget too.
Remote work43. Inbox zero is worth the effort.
Work habits44. To-do lists on paper beat to-do apps.
Work habits45. Taking a full lunch hour should be encouraged.
Work habits46. Early birds get more done than night owls.
Work habits47. Multitasking is a myth.
Work habits48. Fridays should end at 3 p.m.
Work habits49. Standing desks are worth it.
Work habits50. Naming files with dates first is the only sane system.
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