Some businesses use working from home policies to entice talent but one Aussie firm has done one better than that...But one Aussie firm has gone one better than that and now offers an incredibly attractive “working from holiday” perk.The panel were discussing the benefits and drawback of working from home, with Ms Creswell explaining that her staff preferred a mixture of office-based work and home-working.
“For school holidays, you might say, ‘We’re going to go to Bali for 10 days but I’m quite happy to work nine ‘til 12 and I’m happy to keep up and I might do that three days a week just to keep on top of my workload’.Ms Creswell explained that although staff liked the flexibility of working from home they enjoyed the social interaction office work gave them.
Ms Creswell famously founded Carman’s Kitchen, which started life at a muesli company, when she was 18.