Just don’t call me late for the crepuscular repast.
Ditto in Canada.
I had a boss that had done that apparently in the first or first couple of team meetings he had after he was hired, but after some people mentioned to him that they didn’t think it was appropriate, he quit (by the time I was working for him).
I’ve lived in the South all my life and have never seen anyone lead a prayer in the workplace.
Worked in New Orleans for over 30 years and have never seen it.
Ditto. Deep South.
Never.
I haven’t, but I see them having a group prayer in one of my neighboring departments.
I’ve decided that if I find myself in that environment, I’ll just recite:
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.” - Matthew 6:5-6
I’ve been to numerous after-work company functions held by my wife’s company - award dinners, summer BBQs, things like that. In more instances than not, one of two religious executives (not the CEO or president, but one rung down) will get up and lead everyone in a prayer asking for blessings for the event, the company, the people, etc. At least half the time, it’s blatantly Christian, asking in Jesus’ name or the like. It doesn’t particularly offend me, but I also don’t feel compelled to close my eyes or bow my head. I’ve never heard that anyone has complained, but I’m friends with the CEO so I’ll ask him sometime about it. I don’t even work for the company, so I have no “standing” to complain even if I were so inclined.
Where I live, prayers are often held by coaches and teams at high school sporting events (not over the loudspeaker or as part of the event, but privately as a team “meeting” before the game/match). But I live in a bible-belt rural community, and I’ve come to expect it. I typically stand quietly and look around. I have no desire to participate, but I also can’t say I’m offended or outraged. Just one of those things I look at with bewilderment.
That’s an instruction not to pray in public for the purposes of drawing attention and admiration. It’s not saying people should never pray in groups, ever.
Yes, that’s how most Christians interpret that scripture, but that’s not really what it actually says, is it?
Now that I think of it, though, when I worked for a medical practice in Houston, the surgery patients would get a little slip of paper when they signed in for surgery:
As if it were 8th grade and you were getting passed a note saying DO YOU LIKE ME? CHECK THE BOX FOR YES OR NO. IF NO, PLEASE TEAR THIS NOTE UP.
I always wondered how I would feel as a patient, seeing that note. Would I feel pressured to check “yes?” Would the doctor feel less well-disposed towards me if he knew I didn’t want a prayer? Would he feel less confident in his own abilities without it?
Student Minister here. We find it odd when our meetings start without prayer. Although when giving thanks before meals, it’s not the time to go for a duration record with your extemporaneous prayers. I will throw bread rolls after the fifth minute… 
I would still feel uncomfortable if a colleague in the mainstream workforce started a meeting with prayer.
Zany slapstick that was also poignant social commentary at the same time. Quite an accomplishment.
If you believe the movies and TV programs, it’s almost universal among sports teams in pre-game locker room meetings. I’ve never been on a sports team, so I wouldn’t know.
So, no choice of “Please find me another doctor”?
As well as admonishing people not to pray for just for street cred, Jesus is described as having prayed out loud with his disciples and in front of other people. That’s why Christians interpret it that way and I think your interpretation makes less sense.
Yes, but only because I was working for a church, so it didn’t seem inappropriate.
About 12 years ago I was in between jobs and did a stint as a substitute teacher at a nearby high school. My wife also taught there, so since we carpooled I attended a faculty meeting with her. I was shocked when the principal opened the meeting with a prayer. This was a school that has been in trouble with the ACLU in the past for things like letting area youth pastors wander the cafeteria during lunch time and holding events in a nearby church.
I think I’ve mentioned at least once before on the Dope that my 7th grade home room teacher, in a Memphis public school, regularly flouted the law and not only used the state-mandated moment of silence to have the class pray, but admonished the lone Catholic (and incidentally lone non-black) student among us for saying it wrong, i.e., not in the Pentecostal fashion. (Full disclosure: I remember her name but not his because she was a hot redheaded chick whose pants I was trying to get into and he was an “old” man.)
I recall the first time I saw that - it made me look twice - “Hey! Those guys are praying before playing! Freak show!” 
I’ve never had this experience at work; my husband’s company used to have a prayer before we started chowing down on the Christmas dinner; it didn’t bother me. I can pray once in a while without too much problem.