Why ‘Workations’ Are No Substitute for a Proper Holiday
Switching off fully on vacation keeps boundaries between paid and unpaid leave and better reflects the new life-work balance.
The summer holiday season is upon us and airlines are clapping their hands with glee: The US Transportation Security Association expects that the number of passengers will surpass pre-pandemic levels this summer. Over the recent Memorial Day weekend, nearly 10 million people passed through one of America’s 400-odd airports. But the working assumption that everyone is going on vacation is wrong.
That’s because many travelers will be on a so-called workation, part of a growing trend that takes the idea of hybrid working a bit too literally. Billed as part of “work from anywhere” slots, which are increasingly cropping up, they prove that an unhelpful blur is developing between paid and unpaid leave.