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Workation - nice or stupid?
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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?
You say you can easily work remotely, but that is not the same thing as working from another country. Tax implications, cross border data transfer, work residency rules - absolutely speak to your HR before assuming that if you're remote it doesn't matter where you are
I would imagine that staying in a Schengen country would be good enough. So, a holiday in Spain or Italy should be fine.
This is an area where forgiveness is much better then permission. Just do it, and if there are detectable issues, work it out after the fact.
If you EVER go to HR with a "interesting" problem, the answer is NO, and not only is it NO, but now you know you can't do it, and can't try it anyway.