Digital nomad | Worker's holiday without annual leave puts spotlight on 'work from anywhere' schemes

A UK worker has spent a week in Marbella without needing to take any annual leave.

The London-based employee went to visit a colleague who is based many miles away in Spain, the two were able to work together in-person instead of virtually, enjoying heat waves instead of rainy days.

The employees’ company, a digital PR firm, has a policy of allowing staff to work from anywhere in the world, giving the workers the opportunity to do their working days from an apartment balcony overlooking a beach. The two workers, Amy and Olivia, both 27, said their lunch breaks were filled with a quick swim, while in the evening they would go out for drinks.

The opportunity for remote workers to work hundreds of miles away from where their company is based has risen significantly since the pandemic, when most employers realised they could trust their workforce to be just as efficient and productive as when working in an office.