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One of the things I've seen looking at many companies is the mandatory shutdown. Key maintenance staff stays on, but the place is a ghost town for, say 2 weeks
by DanielBMarkham 13y ago
One of the things I've seen looking at many companies is the mandatory shutdown. Key maintenance staff stays on, but the place is a ghost town for, say 2 weeks in the summer and the last 2 weeks of the year. (The maintenance guys have a similar system, though staggered)
That way there's no excuse of "I have to stay on because $BIGPROJECTX needs my help." There's literally nothing going on. Go home. Get a life.
Such drastic measures are necessary, unfortunately, because just a few folks working 1.5x hours can end up sucking everybody else in. If you make it mandatory and set a designated date, it's much harder to have the game-playing.
Note that this is also a good way for people who work together to do things together. After all, you're all off during the same times :)
- jaredsohn 13y agoAfter a startup I was working at was acquired, the company that bought us had a week-long mandatory shutdown in mid-January. This was horrible since many of us had already taken vacation a few weeks earlier for Christmas/New Years. Also, this time would have counted against our vacation days which meant that we would be less likely for us to be able to take time off during other times of the year.
- dusing 13y agoI shut my company down every year between Christmas Eve and New Years. The first couple years we didn't, but we noticed no work got done, clients were out, projects were usually stalled anyways, so why be here. We do it in addition to each persons vacation time. I hope they appreciate it.