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#884143 by Concorde RIP
26 Sep 2014, 09:07
Interesting approach and an enlightened way to manage staff.

There wouldn't be many organisations that could do this...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29356627
#884146 by pjh
26 Sep 2014, 09:29
Interesting....but I'd predict what you will end up with is most people not taking their entitlement as who would gamble on

"feel(ing) 100% comfortable that they and their team are up to date on every project and that their absence will not in any way damage the business - or, for that matter, their careers!"

I'd be more inclined to see this as yet another move to push risk down from the organisation as a whole to the individual employee, but perhaps the working ethos and practices of SRB's 170 strong personal organisation would support this.
#884158 by Sarastro
26 Sep 2014, 13:37
It does of course make it very easy to spot redundancy candidates... if someone has taken a lot of time away and the organisation hasn't ground to a halt, at what point do you start to ponder on whether you need them at all?
#884174 by JCBR
26 Sep 2014, 17:17
In practice I doubt there would be a huge take-up as it does not refer to it as paid holiday.
Most people might like the freedom but with no income 'unlimited leave' suddenly does not seem so attractive.
#884176 by PaulS
26 Sep 2014, 17:30
JCBR wrote:In practice I doubt there would be a huge take-up as it does not refer to it as paid holiday.
Most people might like the freedom but with no income 'unlimited leave' suddenly does not seem so attractive.


It's not that different to flexi time really
#884178 by Petmadness
26 Sep 2014, 20:01
PaulS wrote:
JCBR wrote:In practice I doubt there would be a huge take-up as it does not refer to it as paid holiday.
Most people might like the freedom but with no income 'unlimited leave' suddenly does not seem so attractive.


It's not that different to flexi time really


Correct but fantastic PR y)
#884192 by JCBR
27 Sep 2014, 11:14
Easy PR yes but not well thought through. Typical RB jumping on an idea that works in a totally different industry. Maybe at Netflix you can be away and not missed (never an encouraging sign for your career).

'take as much as you want , when you want with no warning' is going to work really well at an airline I think.

Probably helps being a billionaire. Not sure - just a guess.
#884285 by Syrome
29 Sep 2014, 00:45
I wonder if they will use it as a recruiting tool. I know in some industries, more companies are adding these outside the box perks to draw candidates to them and sometimes from other competing companies. Not sure how competitive the industry is in terms of employment, and whether this sort of thing would be perceived as a benefit or not by those within it.
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