Among the many perks of having the facility to work from home or to indulge in remote or hybrid work system is that you can practically work from anywhere. A major downside that many employees, especially the ones in tech, IT companies complain that such a work policy brings in with it the ability for higher-ups to contact you anytime for queries or office work and re-dos.
There is no time to relax, they say and so on.
To eliminate this parameter, the Indian fantasy sports platform Dream11 has introduced a new policy as per which employees of any level and tier in the company will be allowed to take a holiday and not be contacted by any of their colleagues or higher-ups for office-related work.
In a move that was highly appreciated by employees, the fantasy sports company Dream11 put in place, the Dream 11 Unplug policy, curated especially to allow employees enjoy their holidays will prevent them from being bothered with unnecessary work calls, emails or messages.
Employees will be able to cut them off from the chores. The icing on the cake in this policy is that if an employee bothers another one while on the Unplug policy, he/she will have to pay a hefty fine of Rs 1 lakh.
“At Dream11, we actually log off the ‘Dreamster’ who is unplugged, off from every possible Stadium communication platform, be it slack, emails and even WhatsApp groups. We do this to ensure absolutely no one from the Dreamster’s work ecosystem can contact them while they are on their well-deserved break,” said the company while rolling out the new policy in a LinkedIn post.
“We understand that spending quality time with loved ones or just relaxing altogether on a vacation, can immensely improve the overall mood, quality of life, productivity in general and more,” the post added.
“Allowing employees to cut off from all company systems and groups is one of the best perks one can get. We are not bothered with work calls, emails, messages, or even WhatsApp for seven days. This helps us spend some quality time doing what we love. And for me, it’s time to head to the mountains,” an employee of the company stated.
“I, for one, do not feel guilty about not having a sufficient network. It’s the most distinctive form of unplugging. This disconnected time also helps one rejuvenate, relax and come back feeling fresh, happy, and renewed energy to give one’s best performance,” they added.
