The Intern Who Ruined the Best Benefit

I got put on blast online by a new intern who claimed the company was forcing employees to sacrifice their time off for mandatory team-building.

No one wants to drag themselves to some island to hang out with coworkers.

But what the internet didn't know was that our company's team-building tradition included:

An annual takeover of a five-star resort, all expenses paid, plus-ones welcome, with an additional three days of paid vacation and a per-person budget of $30,000.

Social media was roasting me as a heartless boss, so I decided to give them exactly what they wanted and sent out an…