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Would You Rather Questions for Work

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These 50 would you rather questions are icebreakers made for work: meetings, stand-ups, remote calls, onboarding and team building. They stick to office life, habits and harmless hypotheticals, like Fridays off or Mondays off, or being stuck on mute forever. Nothing about politics, religion, pay, health or dating, so everyone can answer without feeling put on the spot.

Each person picks a side, and once a question has 10 answers everyone sees the split, with the number of votes. For a group, put them on a shared screen and run through five at the start of a call.

All 50 Would You Rather questions

A question shows how players split once it has 10 answers, marked “early” until it has 30.

  1. Would you rather have a 4-day work week or work from anywhere you want?

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  2. Would you rather never have another meeting or never answer another email?

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  3. Would you rather have a desk with an amazing view or have a desk right next to the snacks?

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  4. Would you rather work from a beach or work from a cabin in the woods?

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  5. Would you rather present to 500 people or write a 20-page report?

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  6. Would you rather have a golden retriever as a coworker or have a robot as a coworker?

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  7. Would you rather be stuck on mute forever or have your camera stuck on forever?

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  8. Would you rather only communicate in GIFs or only communicate in voice memos?

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  9. Would you rather cap every meeting at 15 minutes or get one meeting-free week every month?

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  10. Would you rather be the office DJ or be in charge of team snacks?

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  11. Would you rather swap jobs with your manager for a day or swap jobs with someone on another team for a day?

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  12. Would you rather have a nap pod at work or have a game room at work?

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  13. Would you rather start at 6 a.m. and finish at 2 p.m. or start at 11 a.m. and finish at 7 p.m.?

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  14. Would you rather work in total silence or work with music always playing?

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  15. Would you rather bring a pet to work every day or get a free catered lunch every day?

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  16. Would you rather be great at public speaking or be great at writing?

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  17. Would you rather work on one big project all year or work on ten small projects?

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  18. Would you rather be known as the team's problem solver or be known as the team's morale booster?

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  19. Would you rather have your dream job in a boring city or have an okay job in your dream city?

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  20. Would you rather keep every browser tab open forever or close every tab right now?

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  21. Would you rather have Fridays off or have Mondays off?

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  22. Would you rather get career advice from your 10-year-old self or get career advice from your 80-year-old self?

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  23. Would you rather have the office always a bit too cold or have the office always a bit too warm?

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  24. Would you rather sit in a meeting that could have been an email or write an email that should have been a meeting?

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  25. Would you rather have plants everywhere in the office or have art everywhere in the office?

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  26. Would you rather instantly understand any spreadsheet or write any email in one second?

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  27. Would you rather accidentally reply-all to the whole company or share your screen with 40 tabs open?

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  28. Would you rather do the same tasks every day or do totally different tasks every day?

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  29. Would you rather have a team retreat at a theme park or have a team retreat at a cozy cabin?

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  30. Would you rather plan the office party or host the team trivia night?

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  31. Would you rather have a private office with no window or have an open desk by a big window?

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  32. Would you rather get an extra week of vacation or get a brand-new laptop every year?

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  33. Would you rather never forget a name or never forget a deadline?

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  34. Would you rather be a world-class chess player or be a world-class karaoke singer?

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  35. Would you rather go on a work trip to Tokyo or go on a work trip to Paris?

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  36. Would you rather commute by boat or commute by cable car?

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  37. Would you rather have your job featured in a documentary or have your job turned into a sitcom?

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  38. Would you rather start every meeting with a joke or start every meeting with a fun fact?

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  39. Would you rather have your office on a cruise ship or have your office in a treehouse?

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  40. Would you rather win the team award for best snacks or win the team award for best playlist?

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  41. Would you rather take a 1-hour lunch break or leave an hour early every day?

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  42. Would you rather know every keyboard shortcut or type twice as fast?

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  43. Would you rather read every unread email right now or delete every unread email right now?

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  44. Would you rather learn a new skill from a coworker or teach your favorite skill to the team?

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  45. Would you rather have a robot that takes your meeting notes or have a robot that answers your emails?

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  46. Would you rather have an office with a slide or have an office with a rooftop garden?

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  47. Would you rather have a team mascot or have a team theme song?

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  48. Would you rather have a pirate captain as your manager or have a wizard as your manager?

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  49. Would you rather pick every project you work on or pick everyone you work with?

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  50. Would you rather answer every message right away or check messages only twice a day?

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Would You Rather: questions and answers

How do you play Would You Rather?

Read a question out loud and everyone picks one of the two options: no "both" and no "neither". Then each person says why. Try "Would you rather have a 4-day work week or work from anywhere you want?" Here you can tap a side (or press 1 or 2), and once a question has 10 answers you see how other players split.

Are these questions OK for school?

Yes. All 50 questions in Would You Rather Questions for Work are written to be school-safe: nothing scary, gross beyond silly, or mean, and no dating, politics or religion. They suit classrooms, youth groups, family game night and team calls.

What do the percentages mean?

Each split is the share of players on BracketRanker who picked each side, with n, the number of answers. A question shows a split once it has 10 answers, marked "early" until it has 30; before that you see how many answers it has so far. Big Screen and classroom votes are counted separately, so one room can't swamp the numbers.

Can I play these on a big screen or in class?

Yes. "Play on the big screen" shows one question at a time in a projector-sized layout. The room votes by show of hands, or with 1 or 2 in a stream chat, and the host taps the winning side.

How many questions are on this page?

50 on this page, all listed above. Play 10 or 20 in a random order, or go through every one.