Firms offer staff free holidays to relieve stress, improve work

Many businesses have started offering their employees free holiday tours as a bonus instead of giving them money.
Many businesses have started offering their employees free holiday tours as a bonus instead of giving them money.

Organising free holiday tours for staff aims to help employees relax and work more effectively. Holiday packages also help forge closer relationships between companies and their staff, experts said.

Travelling can help staff members deal with stress and work more effectively after they return from their vacation.

Besides, many companies also combine training courses with tour programmes. These training courses are usually made of short presentations made by experts to help staff acquire more soft skills.

In 2008, HCM City organised a tour to Singapore for the city's hygiene workers, who had done exceptionally well at their jobs.

Pham Phuong Thao, chairwoman of the HCM City People's Council, said that the tour to Singapore for hygiene staff reflects the city's gratitude during the year of "making the city civilised".

Sony Electronics Viet Nam organised a tour to China for more than 200 employees. The leader of this company said that the tour helped the staff to not only relax, but also improved their professional knowledge about how to work with foreign experts.

Nguyen Cuong, director of the An An food frozen company at the Tan Tao Industrial Park, said that "instead of giving a bonus of 3 million VND (150 USD) to 48 workers, the company tries to spend a little more money to offer them a free tour to Singapore, which brings them a lot of joy and motivation with work."

Most businesses usually offer both domestic and international tours for their staff, which primarily take place during the summer./.

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