This startup has announced 10-day work break for employees to unplug & rejuvenate

The importance of mental health and wellbeing has risen tremendously in last one year after the pandemic hit life and put everything to halt. As work from office turned to work from home, there have been several reports of people having Covid burn out. As a right step towards mental health care, a social commerce unicorn Meesho recently announced that it will be going on a company-wide break from November 4 to 14 so that the employees can unplug from work and rejuvenate.

"We are going to completely unplug from work — right after our busy and frenetic festive sale season, so that we are back to doing what we love — relaxed and rejuvenated," the company said in a post on LinkedIn.

The 10-day work break comes as a move to throw major attention on employees' mental health and wellbeing. The company said that it's a people-centric workplace and will always put their employees' well-being as top priority. "Between 2020 and 2021, we know how hard the pandemic has been on our mental health and productivity," the statement further said.

Meesho, which was started by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal in 2016, has also updated their list of optional holidays for their employees. "Meeshoites are now spoilt for choice!" the startup said in another post. The company's goal is to help small sellers to get online through various different social media platforms and meet buyers to sell their products.
Soon enough the company kicked off, they realised that their primary users were sellers who didn't own a shop, but sold through their social network and went on to build a product to democratise social commerce, enabling literally anyone to start their own venture. They help social sellers/entrepreneurs to monetise their network by providing supply, logistics and payments infrastructure.