Well it just so happens that work retreats are trending right now in pop-culture … 👀

There’s;

— The viral Wall Street Journal April 6 article “Inside a Corporate Retreat That Went Very Badly Wrong” by Ellen Gamerman - wsj.com/lifestyle/workp… - Technology company Plex took its 120 employees to Honduras for a weeklong bonding experience. It was a disaster from the moment they arrived. The company, according to Wall Street Journal report, spent roughly $500,000 on the trip, which was designed as a Survivor-style experience, complete with team challenges, beachside bonding, and light competition. CEO Keith Valory, inspired by his and his wife’s love of the show, planned to act as a host-like figure, similar to Survivor’s Jeff Probst. But the trip meant for bonding turned chaotic as staff faced medical emergencies, unsafe conditions, and a resort that couldn’t keep water or electricity running.

— Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat - The team behind ‘Jury Duty’ find another wholesome chap, Anthony, to be the unaware centre of an increasingly chaotic situation that he doesn’t know is staged. Anthony’s hired as a temp at a hot sauce company who attends a corporate retreat. As the founder of a hot sauce prepares to step down, the getaway transforms into a clash between corporate ambitions and small business values.

📈📊📉 and if these have you intrigued or thinking it’s ripe settings for fantastic & *UNHINGED* fiction, may we present: Stinkbug By Sinéad Stubbins 👀 simonandschuster.com.au…

When Edith and a select group of employees at Winked advertising agency are sent to Consequi, an elite three-day work retreat in the remote mountains, she sees an opportunity to impress her bosses and dodge an inevitable restructure.

But this is no ordinary corporate retreat. Trapped together in the revamped convent, the threat of mass redundancy looming over them, their phones confiscated and the team-building activities becoming increasingly extreme, the ‘work family’s’ cracks begin to widen - and Edith has a secret that threatens to make her the office outcast: the stinkbug.

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