For many of us, the pandemic was a watershed period in both our personal and professional lives. Time spent at home brought a different dynamic into many families – in my case, I felt that the “incarceration” brought us closer together, wife and kids.
From a work perspective, Covid meant working from home for the lucky ones who did not lose their employment. This watershed era has meant there have been many conversations and surveys about where and how staff should work both now and in the future.
The jury is out on exactly how this should be accomplished. In the United Kingdom, the new Labour government has thrown its support behind the increasing traction to work at home. They feel that staff are happier and more productive when they have the freedom of a home life.
They also assert that with less travel and expense to and from the office, both staff well-being and effects on the environment can be enhanced.
Not all agree, however. In recent weeks Amazon has bucked the trend by requiring that all its thousands of employees are in the office for five days a week. They feel that face-to-face staff collaboration enhances productivity and promotes better decision-making and more imaginative ideas.
Billionaire and key influencer in this area Elon Musk has also called his Tesla staff back into the office. And he has gone much further in the employment debate by suggesting that the rise of AI technology over the last decade or so will actually mean that huge swathes of people – perhaps as much as half of us – will lose our jobs in the next few decades if not years.
While many employees are sure of what they prefer, from a company perspective staff productivity, and their happiness, has never been more important. That’s why we chose Phuket for a top-level meeting of our upper-level staff.
Meeting rooms in Phuket helped us provide a superb environment that killed several birds with one stone. From our company’s perspective, the facilities provided were top-notch enabling everything to run smoothly over the three days.
The quality of the hotel also meant that we were able to reward our staff with an experience that went above and beyond and one that we would recommend to local companies as well as international firms thinking of flying into Thailand for meetings and staff functions.
Phuket is a superb destination and the hotel was marvellous. Visiting such a pleasant island meant that staff happiness – and their productivity – was enhanced due to the downtime that the trip provided.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy as the saying goes and for us meeting in Phuket ticked all the boxes and is something we would recommend to international companies thinking of visiting Thailand, now easier than ever thanks to electronic visas or no visa regulations at all for many nationalities.
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