I have recently received several ads on LinkedIn regarding workation. I am not sure if I think it sounds stupid or not.

I get the appeal of going south (I am from Denmark, we just had the most rainy summer ever recorded) and enjoy the weather, but at the same time it sounds like the perfect way to not enjoy your time abroad.

I work in a position where I could easily ask to work remote for a week or two, thus the targeting ad is correct that I am in the segment.

Any thoughts, experience or opinion on this?

  • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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    1 year ago

    The idea of “work vacations” only exists because capitalism demands the entirety of our lives. I’m not working on my vacation, period.

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      I agree but it’s supposed to be the other way around: Have a bit of vacation while you work. You still get your actual PTO in addition to that which you can use on an actual vacation.

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        See it never works out that way. My experience has been that I’m stuck working more than I am vacationing, and when I’m not working, I’m thinking about work the whole time. It also means I’m not doing the same level of focused work as I can at home. I have hardcore ADHD and introducing more distractions is something I have to personally steer away from. So I’m either in (fully on a vacation) or I’m out (fully working in my own space). There’s no in between.

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        1 year ago

        I also see it as having vacatio while you work, plus you have plain old vacation without working.

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      I think that’s a skewed way of looking at it. I can see the appeal if your family is able to take advantage. Like if your kids are off and your spouse doesn’t work (or maybe can also work remotely). That way you can enjoy some nicer weather and a different location and are able to stay longer. It’s definitely not for me because like you said I’d rather just have a vacation, but I think blaming it on capitalism is a bit of an odd way of looking at what’s essentially someone’s lifestyle choice.

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        The problem is that it gets presented as a way to take time off from your job with “unlimited” vacation time while still working, which of crap.

        The idea only works as a more extreme form of remote work. So, remote work where some of the time is at Grandma’s.

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          1 year ago

          not to say all the places that I’ve been to reliability of stuff like Internet, and so on has been very has been very bad in most places you would like to be.  Given you’re expected to perform your normal work. This might be quite stressful.

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            I’ve had multiple times where I’ve told employers I was working in a new location and 100% of those times I had some sort of new caveat in regards to workspace, internet, etc. that has hindered me.