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Travel
In the mood for a
workcation?
That’s right, the latest trend allows you to take your work to your favourite
holiday spot, writes Navneet Sahni
This pandemic has totally changed the This new business model has now arrived
corporate and business scenario for many in India and is here to stay. Quite a few
business verticals. For most of the companies companies are actually contemplating making
WFH (Work from Home) started off as a WFH as a permanent feature (at least in the
stopgap measure, but then as things got worse short term). Although initially the pandemic
and lockdowns were lifted, people became may have been the cause, however this
desperate for a change of scenario and so the measure has been instated more so for the
word “Workcations” was coined by some economic gains the companies have seen. Of
“travel agents”. Believe it or not, the Collins course no one says this openly but the savings
dictionary has accepted it and define it simply on office space and related expenses (utilities,
as “A vacation that combines business and staff transportation, canteen and so on) have
leisure”! brought a windfall for the larger companies.
But soon, the horrors of WFH were revealed,
and people realised they had no stipulated
working hours. The staff started complaining
of the increased workload to such an extent
that some people felt a burnout. The thin line
between work and personal lives was blurred,
giving them little to no time for themselves.
From the employees’ standpoint this has been
the major reason for increased workcations.
Earlier these same employees could take these
trips on vacation time, but now it has become
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