I believe it's a good way to celebrate wins and everyone gets to take some time from work and just chill with each other. I offer the door dash regardless if you show up as there is no pressure either way for me, I'd just like to celebrate team wins.
Genuinely curious if this is bad because it feels forced? My team seems to enjoy it but maybe it's just bullshit.
First of all, the effort of orchestrating the food delivery through you is just annoying. Buying food on my own app is trivial and you pay me enough that it barely registers as having any value.
Ignoring that part, I dislike it because praise from people who don’t have the same expertise as you is typically bullshit. The business team has no idea which engineering stuff is trivial and which is hard, and they frequently mix up the two. Even within an engineering team, backend and front end (for example) may have no clue about certain things the other is doing.
I’d much rather take congratulations from my (hopefully engineer) boss in private and have it reflected in my future evaluations, references, etc. That’s way more authentic and valuable to me than win theater.