This Indian tech company to impose Rs 1 lakh fine on employees for disturbing colleagues on off days

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• Dec 30, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

Employees can disconnect from work and job-related emails, messages, calls, and even colleagues for a week under the new policy.

Digital Desk: No matter how much you enjoy your job, you don't want to be reminded of it during the holidays. It's not a pleasant feeling to be spending quality time with your family while your phone is continuously buzzing with emails, messages, and notifications. To address such concerns, an Indian company has devised an intriguing strategy that will allow staff to spend their vacations in peace. Employees who make practise of disturbing their coworkers on their leave days, on the other hand, may face a substantial punishment.

Dream11 has created a Dream 11 Unplug policy that allows employees to enjoy their vacations without having to deal with work emails, messages, or phone calls. Employees can disconnect from work and job-related emails, messages, calls, and even colleagues for a week under the new policy.

The company announced the Dream 11 Unplug policy on their Linkedin account, "We actually log off the 'Dreamster' who is unplugged from every possible Stadium communication platform, including Slack, emails, and WhatsApp groups, at Dream11. We do this to ensure that no one from the Dreamster's work ecology contacts them during their well-deserved break ". 

"We recognize that spending quality time with loved ones or simply relaxing on vacation may greatly boost overall mood, quality of life, productivity in general, and more," the company stated.

According to CNBC, the company's founders, Harsh Jain and Bhavit Seth, have stated that any employee who contacts another employee during the "UNPLUG" period will be fined Rs 1 lakh. Everyone in the organization can have Unplug time, regardless of their position, date of hire, or other considerations. According to the creators, the policy was implemented to ensure that the company is not dependent on any person.

Employees are said to be very pleased with the company's new policy. "Allowing employees to disconnect from all business systems and groups is one of the nicest rewards. For seven days, we are not troubled by work calls, emails, messages, or even WhatsApp. This allows us to spend quality time doing what we enjoy. And it's time for me to head to the mountains. I, for one, don't feel bad about not having a large enough network. It's the most noticeable type of unplugging. This unplugged time also allows one to rest, relax, and return feeling refreshed, happy, and energized to provide one's best performance "According to a Dream 11 employee.