Under this concept if any co-worker reaches out to another employee during the unplug time, then he/she will be liable to pay a handsome amount of a lakh as fine.
The founders have said that the policy was rolled out to ensure that the company is not reliant on any employee. Under the new policy, employees can cut off from work and work-related emails, messages, calls and even their colleagues for a week.In a statement, which was released in February last year on Linkedin, the company said, u201cAt Dream11, we actually log off the ‘Dreamster’ who is unplugged, off from every possible Stadium communication platform, be it slack, emails and even WhatsApp groups. We do this to ensure absolutely no one from the Dreamster’s work ecosystem can contact them while they are on their well-deserved break.Image source- ZippaThe co-founders of the company Harsh Jain and Bhavit Seth, added that the policy has been successful so far.
Wondering how a person working at Dream11 can opt for it. u201cTo avail Unplugged, Dreamsters have to have spent at least one year in the organisation or worked on one IPL,u201d the statement released by the company added. The concept is beneficial for both the organisation as well as the employees. we hope that more and more companies understand the importance of this idea and adopt it.
