At doubleSlash, this idea becomes a tangible reality through our Workation program. Flexible working goes beyond flexitime models and mobile office options. It means deciding where you want to work. We have an annual quota of 8 weeks per year (spread out or in one go) to use our Workation program in the EU, the UK or Switzerland. So let's organize work, leisure and vacations flexibly together - and enjoy them as a fixed component of our benefits.
Fusion of work and vacation
Workation is the merging of work and vacation and is becoming increasingly popular as a modern approach to creating a good work-life balance. It allows employees to meet their professional obligations while enjoying the benefits of a vacation destination. How such a program is structured is up to the companies themselves. We have therefore developed our own model for this and tested it together as a team.
Looking back: The beginnings of the Workation program at doubleSlash
As early as 2021, we will be ready with our first pilot project "WILA" was launched as a workation program. For a week at a time, employees were able to spend their workation with family, friends or colleagues in vacation apartments rented from doubleSlash in Austria, England or Italy. The enthusiasm was huge: the combination of productive work and relaxing vacation proved to be a complete success.
This is also evident in the survey that we conducted in order to decide together as a team whether and how we want to include our Workation program as a permanent benefit.
The responses revealed that flexibility in the length of the period and the choice of country should be paramount. Therefore, permanent employees now have the opportunity to work at a location of their choice for up to 8 weeks per year. The freedom to determine both the work/holiday ratio and the vacation destination themselves is what makes our program so special. We also plan to continuously improve the program based on feedback from our participating employees.
Flexible working models and employee participation
The innovative concept enables our employees to relocate their work to a vacation location of their choice and thus combine flexibility with working and vacation time. The approach of jointly testing offers for employees and making them customizable is reflected in our other benefits. In addition to Workation, these include a digital lunch allowance, a JobRad of your choice, supplementary company health insurance, daycare allowances and much more. All benefits can be configured individually via our Customized Benefits Model (CuBe) in order to offer all employees the right options for them.
Interested in more details about our benefits? Find out more at our career pagewhere we present our services in detail and how they contribute to the work-life balance of our team members.
Flexible working models: Workation at doubleSlash - Experience it for yourself!
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