To most employers, the prospect of
offering unlimited vacation time to workers is more of a joke than something they would actually consider.
CEO Haje Jan Kamps shared the story of the company's failed experiment in
offering unlimited vacation time in 2014 on Medium.
The company is one of the first to
offer unlimited vacation time to nearly half its workforce.
They also
offer unlimited vacation time, and allow flexibility for employees to work from home.
Not exact matches
Even if their employers
offered unlimited vacation days, most people wouldn't take any more
time off than they do now.
Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic
offers employees
unlimited vacation time.
Far better, Friedman argues, to emulate forward - thinking companies like LinkedIn, Netflix and Calgary's BluEra, which
offer unlimited vacation policies to emphasize that it's OK to take as much — or as little —
time off, as long as employees get their jobs done.
«When
vacation time is
offered as an
unlimited resource many people decide not to take advantage because it's too hard to figure out the right amount to take,» concludes Bailyn.
Benefits
offered in addition to flexible schedule: According to FlexJobs, St. Jude's also
offers its employees health insurance,
unlimited career growth opportunities, a pension plan and
vacation time.
Unlimited vacation time could help achieve both of these, by
offering what is still a somewhat unique opportunity in the business landscape.
In a business sphere that's growing more competitive by the minute, it can help companies to
offer unique perks like
unlimited vacation time to snare and retain the best talent.
Four - day workweeks,
unlimited vacation time and exercise rituals are among the perks small businesses are
offering.
That doesn't just mean that we
offer fitness stipends,
unlimited vacation time, truly flexible hours, daily meditation
time and healthy snacks.
Employees at companies that
offer unlimited PTO agree that the perk is nice, but some do miss being able to bank their
vacation time.