Culture shock: Covid-19 and WFH

​To kick off our exploration into private equity’s culture, we asked a selection of representatives from private equity houses across Europe how Covid-19 and working from home has impacted culture.

Here are their responses:

How have you maintained culture while working from home?

Amanda McCrystal, global head of marketing and communications at Pantheon

Team activities:

• Virtual Cutest Pet contests
• Pantheon’s Got Talent Championship
• home-based team Yoga sessions
• a photo challenge where Pantheon people have re-enacted famous artworks or film scenes,
• virtual lunch breaks, coffee breaks
• weekly socials which have covered, of course, pub quizzes, magic, Pictionary
• virtual sports days in the garden
• Cookery and bakery tutorials, wine tasting and cocktail making

Time off

People across the firm...