Jun 4, 2026 · 25 min · 8 segments
Remote work didn’t erase birthdays, farewells, sympathy moments, and thank-yous it just removed the simple office ritual that made them easy. We sit down with Allie Lenz, co-founder of GroupTogether…
Ally LenzGuest
Thomas WatkinsHost
And so this is really cool, going to the website, everyone, uh, grouptogether.com.
It, it really looks easy as you're sort of, uh, hovering over the options and, you know, you've got the types of birthdays split out-
It kind of reminds me of the websites that make it super easy to buy flowers.
... you might hear that a family member has passed away or someone's graduated, and you're like, "Oh, well let me...
Sh- I don't have time to fly out, uh, to that location in the next two days."
"But I can send something and let them know that I'm thinking about them," and they can have physical flowers appear at their doors.
... with this, you know, all kinds of things happen to coworkers and in the workplace, and we talk to these people every day.
We hear each other's stories, and it is nice to be able to add just sort of that more real dimension to things.
And I think it's, people find it hard to find the right words, especially with sympathy.
And so this is really cool, going to the website, everyone, uh, grouptogether.com.
It, it really looks easy as you're sort of, uh, hovering over the options and, you know, you've got the types of birthdays split out-
It kind of reminds me of the websites that make it super easy to buy flowers.
... you might hear that a family member has passed away or someone's graduated, and you're like, "Oh, well let me...
Sh- I don't have time to fly out, uh, to that location in the next two days."
"But I can send something and let them know that I'm thinking about them," and they can have physical flowers appear at their doors.
... with this, you know, all kinds of things happen to coworkers and in the workplace, and we talk to these people every day.
We hear each other's stories, and it is nice to be able to add just sort of that more real dimension to things.
And I think it's, people find it hard to find the right words, especially with sympathy.
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