Remote work has given the corporate offsite a new purpose

Four people dressed in business casual attire sit at a table outside, eating and drinking food while working on their phones and laptops. (Credit: Milo Zanecchia/ Ascent Xmedia—Getty Images)

Today's corporate offsites are not the same as those of yesteryear. Pre-pandemic, these retreats were akin to glorified field trips or, for some companies, corporate frat parties where employees had unlimited access to booze and top-of-the-line entertainment.

But how we work and engage with coworkers has drastically changed in the three years since the pandemic’s onset. With eight in ten workers fully remote or hybrid, employers now use offsites to more meaningfully build relationships, camaraderie, and team morale.