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I don't think you'll find many examples of companies doing this. There's a fundamental flaw in the concept that I've observed again an again over the years, an
by jasonkester 10y ago
I don't think you'll find many examples of companies doing this. There's a fundamental flaw in the concept that I've observed again an again over the years, and is best summed up by "Your friends aren't going to go."
Stated plainly, no amount of planning and coordination can get a group of people to go traveling together for any length of time. Yes, there are examples, but in general if you try to plan your trip to accommodate everybody, your trip will not happen. People are flaky. They say things you want to hear, when in fact they want something else. They even try to fool themselves, but for the most part they don't want to leave their comfort zone.
I fought against this for years, trying to get friends to come along on my various trips. And ended up not going to some places that would have been really cool because friends flaked. In the end, I resigned myself to reality: If you want to go somewhere, just book the flight.
Tell your friends and encourage them to come along, go out of your way to meet up with them if they do manage to get out to the right part of the world for a while. But under no circumstances rely on anybody to actually go. Because 90% of the time they won't.
Knowing that, you can quickly calculate the probability that you'll get your entire team out to that cool house up in the mountains of Bali.
A better plan is just to make sure it has good internet and go by yourself.