What does Workation mean?

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A workation is similar to a vacation where you can take your work along with you. Rather than sitting in ones office, surrounded by four walls, a workation allows one to go on a vacation destination and take ones work along with them. One has to attend meetings, make tele or video calls or even finish projects while on a workation.

How does a workation work?

Workation allows work along with leisure activities. But workation for a company would require to give priority to work first and then on leisure interests. A company usually offers seminars, trainings, conferences and such events in other cities or countries where an employee has to travel to. Usually these companies see to it that the employees they send for such a workation is working mostly during the daytime, at office hours and the evenings as well as weekends are left free for the employee to enjoy and explore the destination. Here you are paid for the work as well as for the trip.

Another type of workation works in a way when an employee is on vacation but has to take his/ her work along. This usually happens when working on a particular project or when one has to meet deadlines. One might be forced to take their work along with them to complete a deadline. Here the risk is that you are usually not paid for the work and the time you take out from your vacation, since in this type of workation you, yourself go on a vacation instead of the company sending you somewhere.

What is a Summer workation?

When people are expected to stay connected to their work during their summer vacations, it is commonly known as Summer Workation. This is usually helpful for teachers and students too who want to stay connected and finish projects during their summer vacations. Even office employees who take summer vacations would like to stay connected to their work from the comfort of their homes or vacation spots by replying to work related emails or by attending virtual meetings.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Workation?

Like every work option, workation also has its pros and cons. The advantages of workation can be listed as below:

• It is a fun way to get away from your normal routine work life and enjoy work and leisure at a distant location.
• It gives you the flexibility and maintains a good work life balance, allowing one to spend quality time with family.
• If sent by a company on a workation, one gets paid plus gains an experience of international communication and experience.
• Personal enjoyment along with work improves efficiency of employees.

Disadvantages of Workation are:

• There is limited time available for an employee to relax as the entire day has to be spent at office or completing a deadline on a project.
• There is stress involved if a deadline has to be completed. One might have a vacation planned out but sudden work can come up and ruin the plan.
• One might not be paid for the work that one does on a vacation.

How to make a workation successful?

• Set your timings and deadlines according to your vacation schedule.
• Fix a time for your work. It maybe early morning or in the afternoon for some few hours and dedicate yourself to it so that you get the rest of the day off for enjoyment and leisure.
• For a few initial days of your vacation, you can work for longer hours so that the rest of the days can be less stressful and give time to you for your leisure activities.
• Even on a workation try to take the last few days totally off from work, so that when you return to your workplace you feel relaxed, rejuvenated and have the feeling that you have been on a good vacation away from work.

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