In my view, American companies are much too stingy on the amount of leave they grant employees. European countries allow much more time on average. When I worked at the Children’s Defense Fund, they practiced what they preached. Employees got six weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave when a child was born or adopted. None of the several commercial companies I have worked for since have had a policy nearly as generous.
So I was pleased to read about Netflix’s progressive vacation policy:
Share ThisWhen it comes to vacation, Netflix has a simple policy: take as much as you’d like. Just make sure your work is done.
Employees at the online movie retailer often leave for three, four, even five weeks at a time and never clock in or out. Vacation limits and face-time requirements, says Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings, are “a relic of the industrial age.”