# How Skyscanner's all-day video call supports collaboration and knowledge sharing

DevFeed: [How Skyscanner's all-day video call supports collaboration and knowledge sharing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-it-s-really-like-to-head-into-the-virtual-office-32393.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.com/@SkyscannerEng/what-its-really-like-to-head-into-the-virtual-office-2e778e40bfff?source=rss-401f3b3c958f------2>)

Author: Skyscanner Engineering

Published: 2023-08-09T12:34:59Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Stories by Skyscanner Engineering on Medium](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/stories-by-skyscanner-engineering-on-medium.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [pair\_programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pair-programming.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meetings.md>)

Tags: [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [hybrid](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hybrid.md>), [knowledge-sharing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/knowledge-sharing.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetings.md>), [pair-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pair-programming.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [virtual-office](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/virtual-office.md>)

## AI overview

An employee describes how Skyscanner's hybrid team uses an all-day video call as a virtual office. The call helps colleagues across UK cities collaborate, share knowledge, support training, and participate in mob or pair programming.

## Source excerpt

by Anthony Byledbal In the virtual office -- iStock Note: At Skyscanner, our teams work using a hybrid model. When not in the office, we want optimise our experience and keep close connection with our team members Video calls are usually meetings. An invitation is sent to participants and, on the scheduled day and time, all join for a limited period of time. However, in my team at Skyscanner, we as a team have decided to take a step further by introducing an all-day-long video call. The operating instructions are short: the first person to start its day, starts the call; the last person to finish, closes the call. This online tool has proven very successful with regards to employee collaboration, training enhancement, boosting morale and overall sense of engagement and positive team spirit. I was not used to working this way, but very quickly I have noticed the positive impact it had on me and my development. Before changing career from archaeology and moving to IT, I was unfamiliar with different kinds of online tools used in a working environment. I naively interpreted them as a poor management: I thought it was a way to track what me and my colleagues were doing. However, my experience in joining this call proved me wrong. Members of my squad created this online headquarter to connect their colleagues located across different cities around the United Kingdom in hope of improving communication, morale and collaboration within the team. A Shared Working Environment The call brings colleagues together. It is our virtual office where we feel less apart from each other. More importantly, this online space facilitates our daily work and knowledge sharing. It is good to see more experienced colleagues coding. Sharing screens is something our team does all day long, it immerses everyone into the code. From new joiners to senior engineers, everyone values this precious time because it allows us to ask questions and rise concerns. Most of the time, this provides us with an