Campsited, the digital marketplace for the open-air economy, announces the launch of its ‘Open Air Work From Anywhere’ programme to complement the fast growing Open-Air Holiday Anywhere side of its business. The programme enables employers to provide their employees with the opportunity to work and live in one of Campsited’s stunning natural settings across several countries for one to twelve weeks at a time.
Properties are vetted for Wi-Fi availability and suitable working and living amenities and Campsited offers e-sim mobile data packages for employees to use to minimize data roaming costs.
The programme follows the growth of remote and flexible working policies since the pandemic, with Statista reporting that 30% of employees now work at exclusively remote companies. According to research by Owl Labs and Global Workplace Analytics, 74% of employees feel happier when they work remotely. The reasons vary from not having to commute, to having more flexibility and spending more time with their families.
Employers are recognising the role that flexible working arrangements play to attract and retain employees, with 50% of all global organizations believing that empowering a remote workforce is important. (IBM Institute for Business Value)
This positive reaction to remote and flexible working indicates the interest and need for the Open Air ‘Work From Anywhere’ programme which is not just an incentive to add to an employee benefits programme. It is the possibility to genuinely make a difference to the health, happiness, and motivation of a company’s workforce.
One of Campsited’s first corporate clients adopting the programme is outsourced call centre service provider Zevas, which is looking to support the physical and mental wellbeing of employees already working remotely by providing the opportunity for them to live in and experience another country. Through Zevas’s subscription to the Campsited programme, their 200+ employees will be able to access accommodation options that cater to their professional needs and personal appetite for open-air adventure. Employees will be able to enjoy the location’s many leisure and cultural opportunities outside of their working hours.
Finan O’Donoghue, Founder & CEO of Campsited, commented: “The Open-Air Work From Anywhere’ programme is something we are all very proud of at Campsited. By focusing on flexible working, we extend the wonderful open-air experience to people who want to get out of the house or city and closer to nature. Not to mention the well-documented health and well-being benefits that time closer to nature offers to companies for their employees.
“We are working with global thought leader and academic in remote work, Rowena Hennigan, to help us further develop our Open-Air Work from Anywhere programme to benefit all of our community, be it individuals, groups of employees or families. We are all very excited by it!
“The added benefit for our established network of more than 270,000 accommodation sites is a boost in demand outside of peak season.” John O’Sullivan, COO of Zevas, added: “2 years ago we were compelled by global circumstances to quickly move our workforce to remote working. As a multilingual global contact centre we have employees from many European countries who are now dispersed across Ireland, the UK and a number of European continental countries.
“We have tried many engagement efforts with our workforce to promote health and wellbeing. The Campsited ‘Open Air Work from Anywhere’ programme gives us a significant opportunity to positively benefit employees with an exciting and affordable way to work, travel and undertake new experiences simultaneously.”
Employees can choose to work from a variety of countries, including France, Italy, and Spain. In France, employees have the option of staying in a mobile home close to the seaside Saint Cyprien, near the Spanish border. If Italy is calling, employees can stay in a chic chalet or lodge whilst Camping dei Fiori, the perfect location for exploring the jewels of the Italian Riviera. Employees can stay in the Catalonia region of Spain just a few kilometres from the sandy beaches of the Costa Dorada. Campsited will shortly extend the programme adding properties in both the US and South Africa.
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