Key Points
In April 2022, six months after he first joined a London-based start-up, Jamie found himself on a five-day corporate retreat in France..
At Canada-based firm Moniker, which has organised corporate retreats for companies including Uber, Shopify and PayPal, managing partner Sean Hoff says enquiries have surged since restrictions lifted. 2022 was our busiest year ever..
Other companies have opted for a more upscale approach: in 2022, Salesforce announced plans to open its own luxury ranch for staff in Santa Cruz, California, to bring together remote employees via guided nature walks, yoga, group cooking classes and meditation workshops...
Then, although the days were full of structured meetings and workshops as promised, the alcohol-fuelled evenings felt completely different, she remembers, with team members behaving in ways she says wouldnt have been acceptable within a professional setting..
Most companies are also better attuned to the fact that not everyone loves a holiday with their colleagues, he adds, and make these retreats totally optional, or sometimes offer to pay for partners to join.. Still, not everyone is convinced..
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