Why we took our whole company to Iceland and Costa Rica

Why we took our whole company to Iceland and Costa Rica(medium.com)

17 points by bijanv 11 years ago | 4 comments

showsover 11 years ago |

This seems like a very cool way to get to know your colleagues even better, but I do think it's limited to people in the same age range (mostly 20-somethings).

If I went on a holiday with a buddy from work, things would not work out so good, as I am a lark and he is an owl. I like waking up at 6-6h30 and going to bed at 22. He on the other hand likes to get up at 10 and goes to bed at around midnight-2. That doesn't matter when we work together, but spending the whole day together is something else.

bijanv 11 years ago | |

It definitely does help that we have a younger demographic. That being said our oldest colleague is in his 50's with kids, and we had 3 new fathers in their 30s as well so it's definitely doable.

We also structured the days pretty well so although everyone on the team has different hours normally, they were willing to put up with a strict schedule we put together for the them during that week.

vizzah 11 years ago |

Wouldn't that kind of long-term socializing increase a chance of encounters and affairs between different (or even same sexes) and affect work relationships? Not every person has a motto not to sleep with work colleagues ;)

bijanv 11 years ago | |

I guess that depends on the culture on your team and something to assess for yourself if it would be appropriate. I wouldn't give it a second thought with the people on our team!