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Staying with colleagues for a week in a hotel in a city, is something I would not mind. I can take off in the evenings if I want, there is a gym to work out, or

Staying with colleagues for a week in a hotel in a city, is something I would not mind. I can take off in the evenings if I want, there is a gym to work out, or places to go to. But a house in the woods, where I am sharing the bathroom/kitchen, sorry, I don't want that level of closeness. I don't want to be cooped up 24/7 with people I work. They are colleagues not friends, and you want that professional barrier. As much as startups espouse the "we are a family BS" , I've worked long enough to understand that it is a transaction at the end of the day.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
Older me agrees with you. Younger me (-10 years) had a blast sleeping on an outdoor furniture couch in a common area (because there weren’t enough bedrooms) at a company retreat when it was less than 20 of us, and some of those colleagues became long term (life long? TBD) friends. Really depends on where you are in life. I don’t know if I could do it again at 40 with two kids, but it was a life experience worth having at the time.