Office tour scavenger hunt for new hires

[Customize!] Founders' corner

Find the spot where the company started or where the founders sit. Take a photo there. (Organizers: pick the actual desk, room or floor and tell the new hire what they are looking for.)

[Customize!] Local lunch hero

Photograph the lunch place closest to the office, or the one everyone keeps recommending. (Organizers: name the actual place and ideally make it the one new hires absolutely have to try.)

[Customize!] The boardroom story

Photograph the most "formal" room in the office (boardroom, executive meeting room, big conference room). (Organizers: replace this with a prompt about a specific moment that defined the company in that room, or send the new hire to a different room with a real story behind it.)

Best natural light

Hunt the spot in the office with the best natural light right now. Take a photo and remember this corner for the next call you actually want to look good on.

Coffee headquarters

Find the main coffee setup: machine, grinder, milk frother, the lot. Photograph all the equipment in one shot.

Fire exit walk

Locate the nearest fire exit from your desk. Walk the route, photograph the door from the inside. Knowing this is genuinely useful.

First aid spot

Find the first aid kit. Photograph its location (no rummaging through the contents). One day this knowledge will matter.

Hidden meeting room

Find the most tucked-away or hardest-to-find meeting room. Take a photo from the doorway (or inside if it is empty). Bonus if it has a strange name.

Kitchen detail shot

Photograph the kitchen with as many small details visible as possible: mugs, magnets, snacks, a sad lone banana. The more clutter the better.

Reception starting point

Start the tour at reception. Take a photo of the entrance from the inside, the way an arriving visitor would never see it.

Silent zone

Locate the silent room, focus room or phone booth. Photograph it (door open, please). Mark it on your mental map.

Supply stash

Locate the office supply stash: pens, post-its, notebooks, the ergonomic mouse pads. Take a photo of it open.

The art tour

Find three pieces of artwork, photographs or wall decoration with stories behind them. Photograph all three. Ask someone to explain at least one.

The far-flung desk

Find the desk furthest from your own. Photograph it (or photograph the route it took to get there). Imagine the daily commute.

The map

Find the floor plan, building map or fire safety diagram. Photograph it. If there is no map, sketch your own and photograph that.

The printer

Find every printer or copier on your floor. Take a photo of one in action (a print job mid-output, a paper jam, a queue).

The relic

Find the oldest object in the office: a vintage poster, an old award, a piece of legacy hardware nobody dares to throw out. Photograph it.

The water station

Locate the water cooler, filtered tap or kettle station. Photograph it. Drink some water while you are at it.

Tour finale

Return to your own desk. Take a photo with everything you found written down on a sticky note (or a napkin, or your phone's notes app screenshot).

Wheels and storage

Find and photograph the bike storage, scooter rack or car parking. Whatever the office uses to store the things that get people here.