Companies that pay extra for their employees for vacation
'25.04.2017'
Source: Ain
Every employer dreams of his employees not going on vacation, working as much as possible and preferably not burdened with family and young children.
But there are companies that value their employees and are ready to pay them extra to get them a good rest. Because they believe that the best employee is an effective employee. Ain collected a list of such companies.
Basecamp
This company 7 years ago decided to pay employees the costs associated with vacation.
Every year in Basecamp Make a list of 16 holiday offers and offer each employee who has worked for the company for over a year to choose one of them. Many offers have their own specifics - a vacation for a couple or especially for travelers.
CEO Jason Fried says that the cost of each trip is approximately $ 4000- $ 5000.
Steelhouse
This marketing agency simply issues $ 2000 on vacation once a year. Practice in Steelhouse it is from 2011 of the year and according to
CEO Steelhouse Mark Douglas, it was a simple solution. “Our culture is very simple, it is based on trust and ambition,” he explained.
BambooHR
In order to get $ 2000 per year on a trip to any part of the planet in this company, you need to work at least 6 months in the field of software development for recruiting BambooHR. "You can not work on 60, 80, 90 hours a week and remain as productive and attentive," - said the CEO BambooHR Ben Peterson.
Adventures
Adventures - travel company, accordingly, has the opportunity to offer each employee who has worked for at least 12 months, any of the 700 tours in his assortment for free. Besides the fact that employees need to rest, they should be able to get acquainted with the tours that are offered to customers, they consider in the company.
The cost of a tour on 17 / 16 nights is usually $ 3000 plus up to $ 750 per flight.
FullContact
Content management company FullContact He loves his employees very much, so the prerequisite for receiving $ 7500 on 15 days of vacation is to turn off the Internet and not work during the holidays. This practice in the company has existed since 2012. CEO FullContact Bart Laurang says: "In an era Twitter, Facebook and devices running 24 / 7, we are constantly in touch. This is bad for health. ”
Moz
Marketing company Moz 21 offers paid vacation day plus $ 3000 compensation for expenses. The idea was borrowed from FullContact. “If you don’t go on vacation, you start to lose opportunities. Therefore, it is in the interests of our employees to spend time with friends and family (we will pay their vacation expenses with you) and disconnect from the Internet for several days or weeks, ”the company’s blog says.
Evernote
To get $ 1000 as a bonus, company employees Evernote you need to take at least 5 days of vacation. If you take 3-4 days for rest several times a year, you will not get a bonus - you must definitely rest longer.
ThinkParallax
Already 2, a creative agency thinkParallax offers staff a program PARALLAXploration, within which they are given $ 1500 on a trip to anywhere in the world. The only condition - if the employee went on a trip, he should share his impressions in the corporate blog.
Afar media
$ 2000 in travel compensation + 30 paid vacation days per year. If the employee is older, then a few extra days.
“We believe in the power of travel. This is good for the world and for our business, ”they say in the company.
airbnb
In this company, each employee receives a $ 2000 coupon to pay any airbnb-location in the world. As in Adventures, in Airbnb launched this practice so that employees could experience the service offered to customers. All that is required of them in return is to return rested and inspired by new successes.
The Motley Fool
Once a month, the company holds a joke action - it pulls out the name of one employee who gets 2-week leave and $ 1500 for the trip, provided that the lucky winner takes advantage of his winnings until the next draw.
