{"id":18739,"date":"2021-07-21T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbantz.com\/sin-categorizar\/2021-offsite-planning-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T10:52:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T10:52:23","slug":"2021-offsite-planning-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbantz.com\/es\/blog\/2021-offsite-planning-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizar una visita al extranjero en 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In April of this year, we decided to do something that felt bold, exciting and even raised a few eyebrows. Something that nobody would have given a second thought to if we had done it 18 months earlier.<\/p>\n

We decided to host a summer offsite. For the whole company. In another country.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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It wasn\u2019t easy and there were plenty of challenges along the way, both before and during the three-day event in Portugal. But I\u2019m happy to say on behalf of the entire leadership team at Urbantz and everyone I\u2019ve since talked to who attended, that it was absolutely the right thing to do.<\/p>\n

15 Months of Lockdown: A Lifetime in Scale-Up Years<\/h2>\n

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Why did we decide that now was the time to get back out there? A big part of it was a realisation among those of us whose Urbantz careers predated the pandemic of just how much the company has evolved between March 2020 and June 2021.<\/p>\n

I joined Urbantz in September 2019, just a few short months before everything changed. For all the pain and damage that COVID has caused, it also brought an explosion in demand for urban deliveries as consumers started to shop online in far greater volumes.<\/p>\n

Urbantz was already scaling up very quickly. But the accelerated need among retailers, grocers and logistics businesses for an effective last mile management platform like ours kicked the process into overdrive. As a result, last year saw us achieve 2.0x growth and rank third of Deloitte\u2019s 2020 Fast 50.<\/p>\n

In less than a year-and-a-half since the pandemic began, we more than doubled our workforce to over 70 people, raised a total of \u20ac12 million in Series A funding and adapted to an entirely new way of working. All remotely.<\/p>\n

But we\u2019d never actually met face to face with many of the people whose contributions helped us achieve these feats. And as effective as remote collaboration tools like Zoom are, humans are sociable creatures in the end.<\/p>\n

The Pros and Cons of Remote Working<\/h2>\n

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Hybrid working is here to stay at Urbantz and that\u2019s something reflected in our talent acquisition processes. But as successfully as we have collaborated remotely during the pandemic, we were acutely aware that home working can bring its own challenges.<\/p>\n

For some, juggling their personal and professional lives in one space can be trying. Others have a tendency to work longer hours without a clear divide between work and home. And there\u2019s always a risk that interacting with one another solely through screens can hinder that sense of team spirit that is so important to growing companies like ours.<\/p>\n

And after more than a year away from the office, we knew it was time to take a step back and reflect as a team on the massive changes our organisation has gone through on this scaling journey.<\/p>\n

What better way to do that than by coming together in a safe way in the beautiful town of Ericeira? Just north of Lisbon, this sun-kissed coastal fishing community doubles up as one of Europe\u2019s hottest surfing spots.<\/p>\n

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But how to ensure everyone\u2019s safety and overcome the logistical challenges of travelling with so many different guidelines and restrictions in place? After all, our team is stretched all across Europe and beyond.<\/p>\n

First things first, we stressed from the very beginning to everyone at Urbantz that there was absolutely no pressure to come if they weren\u2019t comfortable travelling or their personal circumstances made it difficult to do so. It was the number one priority that everyone felt safe and at ease.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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In less than a year-and-a-half since the pandemic began, we more than doubled our workforce to over 70 people, raised a total of \u20ac12 million in Series A funding and adapted to an entirely new way of working.<\/p>