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I also enjoy this environment, but it does have a big drawback. I always felt like I was letting my team down when I was taking time off. So I took a lot less
by Jasber 14y ago
I also enjoy this environment, but it does have a big drawback.
I always felt like I was letting my team down when I was taking time off. So I took a lot less time off.
Ideally I'd prefer an environment that had an open schedule and also expected employees to take a certain amount of time off every year.
- Terretta 14y ago> expected "required"
- Jasber 14y agoI don't think requiring employees to take time off is a bad thing. If you really don't want to you don't have to. But the point is to allow employees to take time off without feeling guilty, while still allowing them to control their own schedule.
- masterzora 14y agoHow about incentivised? Months back there was an HN post about a company that gives bonuses to people who take off... I think it was at least 25 days per year to ensure that people understand that taking time off is not a bad thing.
- henrikschroder 14y agoMeanwhile, in Europe, it's common to have between 4-7 weeks vacation per year, and it's seen as a bit weird not to use all of it. The social pressure around vacation goes in the completely opposite direction compared to the US. Funny. I wonder why.
- robomartin 14y agoNo need to feel guilty. The power of making everything a group decision is that, if it works well balance and fairness is a natural result. I grant you that this is a hard model to scale. Not sure how you'd do it with 1,000 employees. Thankfully I have never worked in the bowels of such monsters.