The last few months have become a serious test for many employees who were in the conditions of isolation and were forced to work from home. The connection of pandemia with an increase in stress is officially recognized, for example, the Center for Control and Prevention of US diseases. In our new article, we understand how companies can help employees cope with such problems, and what about business trips.
What bothers employees
Pandemia stimulated a variety of fears. First of all, people were afraid for their health and health of relatives and friends. In addition, large -scale quarantine measures caused a large -scale economic crisis that affected many industries. It is logical that this stimulated the concern about the stability of work and wages.
In addition, the work itself is often a source of stress. Thus, according to studies, up to 40% of people consider their work a source of serious stress, and about a third of employees experience all experiences at the workplace. According to, in more than 40% of cases, the change of work is caused by stress.
All this can tell their productivity, as well as the health of employees as a whole. This is a rather serious problem that companies around the world are trying to solve. In recent years, business trips have been an effective tool for this.
How travel and business trips help to cope with stress
Let’s start with travel as a whole: existing research suggests that even a small vacation helps employees feel better and work more efficiently. Up to 64% of people declare that a small journey allows them to “reboot” and again feel a desire to return to work.
It was this fact, as well as the love of millennials and young workers for traveling as a whole, that contributed to the emergence of the Bleisure phenomenon. We wrote about him in this article. In short, its essence is that when an employee goes on a business trip, the company allows him to combine this trip to solve working problems with a mini-launch. Most often, this is expressed in the fact that an employee can “capture” for several days in a new city for such a vacation, take family members, etc.
According to research, more than 60% of employees combining working trips with travels feel an increase in productivity to return home. Moreover, according to statistics, up to 30% of modern workers will agree to a lower salary if they are offered the opportunity to travel at work.
It turns out that companies can use business trips not only as a tool for solving work problems, but also to motivate employees, improve their well -being and health. All this ultimately leads to increased productivity.
Therefore, companies are increasingly involved in the trend of Bleisure travel, including this phenomenon develops in Russia. Due to the pandemic and restrictions on international trips, so far only traveling around the country is mostly possible. However, the OneTwotrip data suggests that this suits domestic business travelers-according to statistics, in the summer the number of business trips with the capture of the weekend can grow up to 82%.
Conclusion
Despite the fact that the pandemic of coronavirus has caused serious damage to the field of travel and business tourism, and some restrictions are still maintained, a request for Bleisure travel is maintained. Business trips, like any travel, help employees better cope with stress, and if they are allowed to combine them with a vacation, the effect intensifies. Therefore, it is worth expecting the further development of the Bleisure trend with the further restoration of international aircraft.
