Published 23:23 IST, December 5th 2018

This company takes its entire staff on international retreat for A MONTH every year

Johnny Warström and his seven colleagues decamped from Stockholm to San Francisco to participate in a startup accelerator in 2016 to present their product, an interactive tool called Mentimeter.  However, according to Warström beliefs, those four months of living, eating, and playing together in California for the program changed the fate of their young company.

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Johnny Warström and his seven colleagues decamped from Stockholm to San Francisco to participate in a startup accelerator in 2016 to present ir product, an interactive tool called Mentimeter.  However, according to Warström beliefs, those four months of living, eating, and playing toger in California for program changed fate of ir young company.

“ trip glued us toger in a way we h never experienced before,” he said, as per reports. 

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refore, y decided to repeat idea of ' trip' every year. So, Mentimeter, which is w a company with roughly 40 employees, takes its entire staff as a team to international trips every year.

As per reports, destination in 2017 was Barcelona; 2018 was Lisbon, and in 2019, it is set for Palermo, Italy.

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In light of trips, Warström ties retreats directly to business results.

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According to him, such international retreats gives different opportunities to employees to connect and bond with each or. y brainstorm with colleagues from different departments which n proves to an antidote to employee turver.

'Only one Mentimeter employee has left company in past three years." 

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In process of growth startup, Mentimeter also h to just to needs of employees, so that employees with families or pets, for example, can fly home for weekends as well. But benefit of giving employees a respite from daily office grind is undeniable.

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23:00 IST, December 5th 2018