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Unlimited Vacation?????

Dragonfly

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UNLIMITED VACATION
Virgin's head honcho Richard Branson delighted his staff last month after announcing that they will be entitled to unlimited time off work. The company's employees won't even need to fill out forms or seek approval with bosses: the policy allows people to just get up and go whenever they feel like taking a break. Despite seeming almost too good to be true, Branson isn't worried about people abusing the privilege. He said in his speech that he believes the move will help build trust .

Bowling lanes? Unlimited beer? 9 amazing work perks - CNN.com

So what cha think about that??????

Unlimited vacation.

Setting the entire company up for people to abuse the system, or creating an atmosphere of loyalty for life?

Could this work in the USofA?

Would you want to work for such a company?
If you started your own company, would you consider such a policy for your employees?
 
Paid vacation?
 
I have more or less the same policy in my office. There is an expectation that certain work will be done and that certain times of year are less practical for vacation than others but I certainly don't have a policy limiting days off.

I think that there is a general understanding that abusing the privilege will result in disciplinary action due to work load not being completed satisfactorily.
 
So what cha think about that??????

Unlimited vacation.


It seems alright to me but I'd be more impressed with a company that offered mandatory vacation. I can see how this could play out. The good workers that are loyal to the company would never take vacation at all. That's why I would be more impressed with a mandatory vacation of 21 consecutive days for every single employee.

Setting the entire company up for people to abuse the system, or creating an atmosphere of loyalty for life?

No. The system wouldn't get abused. Humans are creatures of habit. A lot of people are annoyed by vacationing. It interrupts their routine.

Could this work in the USofA? Yes. I do think that is an irrelevant question. I think this would work in some industries but fail in others. The culture of the United States wouldn't make this any less or any more practical. I think it has more to do with the industry.

Would you want to work for such a company? Yes. I would like it but I don't think I would utilize the vacation policy too much. I'm just impressed that the company values the lives of their employees.

If you started your own company, would you consider such a policy for your employees? Heck no. If you are starting your own company it is a bad idea to break away from tradition. A new company can't afford to experiment. A new company should stick with the employee management strategies that have already been proven to work.
 
[Would you want to work for such a company?
If you started your own company, would you consider such a policy for your employees?

I could work for that type of company, but I'm a self-starter, and motivated to do a good job. If I were starting my own company, I'd consider doing it if I could really screen employees thoroughly, and had full control of hiring.
 
I can't get past the egg freezing.

I hadn't read the article until you made this comment. That's a rather interesting "perk". I sure hope they don't get switched around like stuff in the employee fridge tends to.

Come to think of it, cleaning out the break room fridge would be a WHOLE different operation with those suckers in there!!
 
I worked in a place in which people set their own work schedules and more or less were de facto or officially salaried. You had certain responsibilities and as long as those got done, it did not matter. People would help other people out to get caught up/ahead so we could take some long lunches and side trips and stuff. Most people were initially brought on through a temp agency so it was easier to get rid of them if they were unproductive or abused the trust. Once you were not a temp, you got a key to the office. If you wanted to work from midnight to noon, you could do that or the other way around. It was certainly a unique work setting for me. We would have putting contests on Fridays that would start about an hour or so before our 2-3 hour heavy on the mixed drink lunches followed by putting contest rematches when people were drunk. I was underage so I was the perma-DD for one load of staff.
 
Bowling lanes? Unlimited beer? 9 amazing work perks - CNN.com

So what cha think about that??????

Unlimited vacation.

Setting the entire company up for people to abuse the system, or creating an atmosphere of loyalty for life?

Could this work in the USofA?

Would you want to work for such a company?
If you started your own company, would you consider such a policy for your employees?


I've often thought that work should be based on getting the job done rather than arbitrary hours. If I have completed the day's work at noon, then the day's work is as completed as it would be at five pm. Luckily for me, my boss feels the same, and often sends me home when I complete the experiments for the day.
 
Depends on what kind of company you run and the types of people you employ really. This policy would thrive in some jobs but others, not so much.
 
I am a results oriented guy.



If you can get the job done and take a 300 day vacation, but the job is still done for the money I expected it to get done for...then wtf do I care? Do I care because I believe I can get MORE productivity from my people for the pay I'm giving them? That's borderline contract violation. I pay someone to do a job...if they get that job done sooner than I thought was possible...shame on me for underestimating the person being contracted, and therefor overestimating the job being contracted out?
 
I've often thought that work should be based on getting the job done rather than arbitrary hours. If I have completed the day's work at noon, then the day's work is as completed as it would be at five pm. Luckily for me, my boss feels the same, and often sends me home when I complete the experiments for the day.

I currently work at a job where I do no work at all. My job is to be here. I also had another job where I had a certain amount of work that needed to be done but my boss relied on me for his constant and/or sporadic entertainment. He required the luxury of walking into my office and having me find this or that. On the days that I was off he was very uncomfortable according to secondhand accounts from my co-workers. One time I needed off because I had young kids and my wife had jury duty. He started going all crazy and setting up a place for my kids in my office so that they could color and what not.

This is something that wouldn't work in some company cultures. In others it would work very good. Just like anything this isn't an one size fits all approach to human resource management.
 
I am a results oriented guy.


If you can get the job done and take a 300 day vacation, but the job is still done for the money I expected it to get done for...then wtf do I care? Do I care because I believe I can get MORE productivity from my people for the pay I'm giving them? That's borderline contract violation. I pay someone to do a job...if they get that job done sooner than I thought was possible...shame on me for underestimating the person being contracted, and therefor overestimating the job being contracted out?

It's a balance. Some people will work too fast and do a sloppy job in order to get off faster. Some people will work slowly so that you will think that they need more time/money/resources in order to complete the task(s). The greater focus should be on hiring employees of honest character. That will go a lot further than any system that will eventually be manipulated to your disadvantage and to the employee's advantage.

There is no better method. If you find a method that works within reason then just hold on to it. Tweaking the system to become better can be very destructive to morale and efficiency. If it ain't broke then don't fix it.
 
Bowling lanes? Unlimited beer? 9 amazing work perks - CNN.com

So what cha think about that??????

Unlimited vacation.

Setting the entire company up for people to abuse the system, or creating an atmosphere of loyalty for life?

Could this work in the USofA?

Would you want to work for such a company?
If you started your own company, would you consider such a policy for your employees?

In our system I'm inclined to support measures benefitting workers. Although I of course oppose the heinously wicked practice of unnatural conception. That should be illegal.
 
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