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Keith Valory, CEO of streaming platform Plex, had big plans for his company\u2019s 2017 corporate retreat: a weeklong \u2018Survivor\u2019-themed bonding experience in Honduras for 120 remote employees. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n
Everything, according to The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. Three weeks before arrival, the hotel\u2019s general manager and head chef quit. Just as the first bus arrived, Valory was in his bathroom with E. coli from a salad. A former Navy SEAL made the \u201cnot super fit\u201d tech workers do military drills in 100-degree heat until people passed out. One employee landed on a fire ant hill and needed a shot to the butt. A porcupine fell through another employee\u2019s ceiling into his shower.<\/p>\n Corporate retreats are having a moment as remote work becomes permanent and companies struggle to build culture from a distance. The new series \u201cJury Duty Presents: Company Retreat\u201d even spoofs the trend \u2014 but Plex\u2019s real-life disaster still beats anything on TV.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Keith Valory, CEO of streaming platform Plex, had big plans for his company\u2019s 2017 corporate retreat: a weeklong \u2018Survivor\u2019-themed bonding experience in Honduras for 120 remote employees. What could go wrong?<\/p>\n