Employees are asked to sleep in the same bed as their co-workers on corporate retreat – so would you refuse?
- A woman revealed in a TikTok video that her workplace’s HR department suggests employees share beds during their work trip
- The TikTok user from New Jersey shared part of the email she received from HR
- Indicating a room preference during the retreat is not a requirement
A New Jersey woman was shocked when she saw what her work HR department wrote in an email about an upcoming retreat to Paris.
The woman, known as @co.letter on TikTok, revealed in a video she posted on February 23 that HR asked all the company’s employees to share a room and a bed.
According to the shocked employee, HR wrote in the email: ‘You will notice in the survey that you have the option to share a room with a colleague, please note that on the current booking status there is only one bed in the room is.’
“I had to read the email three times,” she said.
The TikToker added that the HR department has allowed all employees to not answer the question if they prefer.
A company employee known as @co.letter on TikTok revealed that her workplace’s HR department suggested that employees share beds during their upcoming company retreat
The TikToker added that the HR department has allowed all employees to not answer the question if they prefer
The Cornell University graduate did not clarify where she works, but she did post a TikTok video in December from a previous company retreat in the French Alps.
However, judging by the company employee’s face in her recent video, that idea may not have been applied to their previous trip.
“That was an option… Suggested, encouraged – HR was like type that out, send it out, have a glass of wine,” she said of her upcoming retreat.
The TikToker continued to talk about the HR department and how the members are “bored or want to save money.”
She believes the experience of her and a friend rooming together during the trip to Paris would also make a good “book.”
“I hope this video ends up on an author’s page so they can Facetime me after I go on my trip,” she said.
“I didn’t know this was even possible in a corporate environment.”
Other TikTok users have shared their thoughts on the matter, with one person even calling the suggestion “illegal.”
The Cornell University graduate hasn’t made it clear where she works, but she did post a TikTok video in December from a previous company retreat in the French Alps
Many social media users have written that they wouldn’t want to share a bed with their colleagues and the shocked female employee responded to more than one video comment.
A TikTok user who responded to that comment shared a story about someone they knew who had an interesting experience while sharing a room.
“Yes, I knew someone who had to share a room and their coworker was bringing someone home,” they wrote.
Others wrote that they would never share a room with a coworker, even if it is their “work BFF.”
@co.letter replied to one of the comments and revealed that several of the company’s employees have been in relationships.
“Multiple people at my company are dating and WE WONDER why – HR loves a good rom-com,” she wrote.