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Employers with a significant number of employees working under stressful conditions should consider voluntary furlough programs, regardless of the state of the
by spoondan 18y ago
Employers with a significant number of employees working under stressful conditions should consider voluntary furlough programs, regardless of the state of the economy. Vacation, as it is currently implemented, can increase stress on these employees. If you're expected to clear the decks before you leave, possibly handle important issues that arise while you're out, and deal with a backlog when you return, vacation is very unattractive. A well-designed furlough program can allow the employer to plan for available staffing and let employees sanely decompress.
Such a program needn't be solely for saving money on payroll. (Obviously, a partial salary furlough is only really attractive to well-paid employees.) A good program would increase productivity and bring to the table fresher, better ideas.
- wheels 18y agoWhen I was at SAP there was a program where you could set aside part of your salary for 6 months of paid leave after 5 years. Unfortunately you had to be over 30 to claim it.
- kailashbadu 18y agoWhy 30 Years, specifically?
- wheels 18y agoAll I can do is guess: for most German professionals, that'd be within 5 years of getting out of college anyway (Germans usually start college at 20 or 21 and it takes 6 years, typically.). It's possible that given that, anyone younger than 30 was still seen as a "new hire" rather than "a career person". Since I started there when I was 22 though it was rather a disappointment. It might have kept me around longer, since after 4 years I wanted out -- but might have stuck around for that break at 5 years, and then who knows afterwards.
- Slzr 18y agoI hear they laid a lot of people, is SAP in trouble?