LIFESTYLE | WORKATION Firms are waking up to the realisation that remote working has many benefits , from improved productivity and happier employees to less spend on overheads , not to mention attraction and retention of top talent – the latter key in the current war on talent .
Big Four firm PwC announced in December 2021 that it will permit staff in eight countries including the UK , US and India to work remotely for up to eight weeks , allowing them to take extended overseas trips . The move follows a similar one weeks prior from Deloitte and KPMG Australia permitting extended overseas working holidays ; while Deloitte UK is allowing its workers to choose how often and when they come into the office , if at all .
A host of companies are letting employees work from home forever – among these , Twitter , Facebook , Square , Salesforce , Spotify , Zillow and Coinbase . Some firms are upping the flexibility offering with unlimited holidays ( think Netflix , LinkedIn , GitHub , Roku , Visualsoft ) while others still – like Google , Microsoft , Amazon – are delivering a hybrid model , three days in the office , two at home meaning employees get a possible ‘ work from anywhere ’ window of four days , from Friday to Monday .
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