{"id":766523,"date":"2019-12-17T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T10:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/17\/business-goes-viral-for-letting-employees-take-days-off-to-deal-with-hangover\/"},"modified":"2019-12-17T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T10:04:46","slug":"business-goes-viral-for-letting-employees-take-days-off-to-deal-with-hangover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/17\/business-goes-viral-for-letting-employees-take-days-off-to-deal-with-hangover\/","title":{"rendered":"Business goes viral for letting employees take days off to deal with hangover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"463\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/alcohol-696x463.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever had to go to work with a splitting headache after an alcohol-fueled long night on the town, you can probably appreciate this company\u2019s policy of giving employees \u201changover days\u201d off work to put themselves back together.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s face, we all wish we could call in sick to work after having one, or five, too many drinks the night before, but for most of us that\u2019s not an option.<\/p>\n<p>But the same cannot be said for the young people working at The Audit Lab, a digital marketing agency in the UK, where a specific hangover policy allows them to take time off to deal with the nausea, headache, and overall foul mood that hangovers come with.<\/p>\n<p>In a nutshell, this intriguing perk lets employees work from home if they are suffering from hangover, and as long as they don\u2019t abuse the policy by taking time off to often, they can even schedule the days off in advance when they know they will end up wasted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to offer something to younger millennials who typically go out mid-week and do the pub quiz. My team book a hangover day in advance, if they know they are going out,\u201d The Audit Lab co-founder, Claire Crompton,\u00a0told the BBC. \u201cThey just work in their PJs, sat at home on the couch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s basically a work-from-home day, but we\u2019ve sexed it up a bit to appeal to the younger generation,\u201d Crompton added. \u201cIf people used it two or three times a week and missed important client meetings then we\u2019d have to have a think. But everyone has been really respectful of it so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Audit Lab co-founder says that the hangover policy not only makes young employees feel as appreciated as older ones who have children and enjoy other perks but also promoted honesty in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of having to come up with an excuse, employees have to tell their boss that they had a few too many drinks the night before and that they can\u2019t come into work. And that\u2019s something most of them are more than happy to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have been more embarrassed trying to pretend that I was ill. If I\u2019d had to ring her and pretend to be ill I would have felt really bad every time I saw her and would have had to keep up a lie,\u201d Ellie, an employee who recently took a hangover day off told the BBC. \u201cBecause I knew I was just being honest with her I wasn\u2019t embarrassed at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever had to go to work with a splitting headache after an alcohol-fueled long night on the town, you can probably appreciate this company\u2019s policy of giving employees \u201changover days\u201d off work to put themselves back together. 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