Taking a Trailbreak — why Trailmixers get 33 days of holiday per year
Completely unplugging can be tough — especially when you love what you’re doing and when you’re surrounded by amazing team mates who you want to help and support. Fear of missing out is a thing, and it’s easy to just open slack while you’re on holiday to see what’s going on and jump into work conversations you’re passionate about.
Wouldn’t it be nice to really be on holiday, knowing that nothing is happening that needs your attention, you don’t miss out on any projects, in-jokes, fun after-work drinks or interesting chats — you can just completely focus on yourself and your loved ones?
We thought so too! And even since the early days of Trailmix, we shut down the studio between Christmas and New Year so that everyone can relax and spend quality time with their friends and families.
This year, we decided to do more and introduced a summer holiday, called Trailbreak! We understand that unless our team feels energised, it’s hard to be creative, be supportive and be fully engaged at work. Trailbreak meant that we closed the studio for an additional week in July giving every Trailmixer five extra days of holiday to fully focus on themselves and not worry about work, or the dreaded catching up that often comes after having time off.
Trailbreak is one of the many ways we are prioritising our team’s wellbeing, acknowledging that, even though we love being together making beautiful games, we all need breaks to focus on nourishing our personal relationships and ourselves.
Coming back to the office on the Monday morning after the Trailbreak we could feel tons of positive energy in the air and everyone was excited to share what they got up to during their time off. Because it was so fun to hear everyone’s stories we decided to share them here with you all.
Hopefully everyone out there reading this had a chance to recharge as well.
Take care of yourselves and lots of love,
The Trailmix Team ❤
