In the United States , a quiet change is happening at work .
在美国，职场上正在发生一场悄无声息的变化。
Many workers are taking "workations ."
许多员工正在进行“工作度假”（workation）。
This is when employees work remotely from a vacation place without telling their boss .
这是指员工在没有告诉老板的情况下，在度假地远程办公。
Workation combines the words "work " and "vacation ."
“workation”由“work”（工作）和“vacation”（假期）两个词组合而成。
Another example is "staycation .”
另一个例子是“staycation”（宅度假）。
This word describes when a person decides to stay home during vacation rather than traveling .
这个词指的是人们在假期选择待在家里而不去旅行。
During the COVID-19 pandemic , teleworking and remote work led people to re-think parts of their professional and personal lives .
新冠疫情期间，居家办公和远程办公让人们重新思考自己职业和个人生活的方方面面。
This increased the popularity of workations .
这让工作度假越来越流行。
Corporate trainer Rudi Riekstins works with businesses and employees .
企业培训师鲁迪·里克斯廷斯与企业和员工合作。
And as people went back to work , they sought to have more control .
而当人们重返工作岗位时，他们希望拥有更多的掌控权。
The research suggested that 52 percent of employed Americans would use vacation travels as a chance to work remotely .
研究表明，52%的在职美国人会把度假旅行当作远程办公的机会。
Riekstins said workations can be good for both workers and employers .
里克斯廷斯说，工作度假对员工和雇主都有好处。
For example , a workation can improve worker happiness by making life more interesting .
例如，工作度假能让生活更有趣，从而提升员工的幸福感。
“Productivity goes up by 70 percent on average when people are happier when they are working .
“人们工作时越开心，生产力平均会提高70%。
And we see happy people when they're traveling because they feel stimulated ,” said Riekstins .
我们看到人们旅行时很快乐，因为他们感到受到了激励。”里克斯廷斯说。
“You start to be stimulated emotionally , mentally , and physically , and then when you show up to work , you are more creative .”
“你开始在情感、精神和身体上受到激励，然后回到工作中，你就会更有创造力。”
Some hotel companies offer workation specials to boost business , especially during slower times .
一些酒店公司推出工作度假特惠套餐来提振生意，尤其是在淡季。
She also rents out eight beach cottages .
她还出租八间海滨小屋。
Wieber herself worked remotely for eight years and now offers workation services that she would have liked using .
维伯本人曾远程工作了八年，现在她提供的正是自己当年想用的工作度假服务。
In Georgetown , Maine , the 13-room Gray Havens Inn , which sits near the water , created a special program that aims to appeal to younger , remote workers .
在缅因州乔治敦，临水而建、拥有13间客房的格雷海文斯旅馆推出了一项专门吸引年轻远程工作者的特别计划。
“We have a lot of younger travelers , but not as many as we would like .
“我们有不少年轻游客，但还没有我们希望的那么多。
This is part of the reason we started this program ,” said innkeeper Ali Barrionuevo .
这也是我们推出这项计划的部分原因。”旅馆老板阿莉·巴里奥努埃沃说。
“I read about other hotels doing it , so we put it out there to see if we could attract people who were teleworking .”
“我读到其他酒店也在这么做，所以我们也推出来，看看能不能吸引远程办公的人。”
The room comes with daily breakfast , a welcome gift , and some food and drinks .
房间附带每日早餐、一份欢迎礼物以及一些食物和饮料。
Barrionuevo also provides advice and support for seeing the area and taking part in activities .
巴里奥努埃沃还为客人游览当地和参加活动提供建议和帮助。
Gen Z is a name for the generation of people born in the late 1990s through the early 2000s .
Z世代是指出生于20世纪90年代末到21世纪初的那一代人。
Riekstins noted that not all workations have to be secret .
里克斯廷斯指出，并非所有工作度假都必须偷偷进行。
Some employers permit workations as long as employees get their work done .
一些雇主允许工作度假，只要员工能完成工作。
Riekstins said he thinks more companies should accept remote work situations as a way to improve worker satisfaction and business productivity .
里克斯廷斯说，他认为应该有更多公司接受远程办公，以此提高员工满意度和企业生产力。
He said employers should be asking : Are workers happy ?
他说，雇主们应该问问自己：员工快乐吗？
Are they able to work anywhere and still get the job done ?
他们能否在任何地方工作，同时依然完成任务？
Can companies get better products and better results with happier workers ?
员工更快乐，公司能否获得更好的产品和更好的业绩？
And will this make them stay at the company ?
这又能否让他们留在公司？
And that's the Health & Lifestyle Report .
以上就是《健康与生活方式报道》。