I’m baffled by the companies which are fully remote but still consider it an essential job function[0] for their employees to travel to their annual company-wid

I’m baffled by the companies which are fully remote but still consider it an essential job function[0] for their employees to travel to their annual company-wide social retreats. I understand that the boss thinks it’s super important for employees to occasionally mingle in person or whatever, but I struggle to not see this as a policy intentionally designed to avoid employing disabled people. Is there some good faith reason to do this that I’m not thinking of? [0] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/essential-job-functions-under-the-ada.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/essential-job-functi...