LinkedIn has a short article on vacations, which I’ll quote in full:
Unlimited vacation? We could be wrong
More companies including Netflix and Twitter have started offering unlimited vacation — but is it a good thing? To employers, the policy minimizes burnout while potentially allowing them to save on costs by avoiding unused vacation payouts. For employees, however, unlimited vacation can cause even more stress. They may feel guilty taking off too much time — and when they do finally take the plunge, they may feel anxiety over the work they’re missing. Last year, the average American used 16.8 days of vacation — even though they earned 22.6 days, according to a 2017 survey by US Travel Association’s Project: Time Off. • How do you manage your vacations? Join the conversation
Perhaps rather than assuming the companies are in the wrong, we should consider whether this is a maturity test for the employees. Those who have come to an understanding that either they take care of themselves or they fail both themselves and their employers may be considered mature; those who sweat their vacations because they’re not working, well, they need to reconsider how they’re living their lives.
Or is that on the judgmental side?
Too bad. It strikes me as daft that one of the richest countries in the world can be just full of folks who are neurotic about actually taking care of themselves. If the system doesn’t take care of you, why should you be part of the system? But the system offers a chance to take care of yourself, and now you can’t?
/faceslap
