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'The boat sank' | 6 in 10 staff find team-building days 'cringe' - here's how HR can change that

6 in 10 staff find team-building days 'cringe' - here's how HR can change that

Team building events have been an integral part of strengthening employee bonds for decades.

And after two years of Covid-19 restrictions, many firms have spent 2022 thinking of unique and exciting ways to reunite their employees and re-establish the workplace connections that might have been diluted, or lost entirely, due to remote and hybrid working.

As companies look for ways to start conversations and spur creativity while spending valuable time together, searches for team building have increased by 24% since last year.

However, data has revealed that some workers were less than keen on some of their most recent team bonding days.

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