Do you count down the days until your holidays, and then count the days until you have to go back? Some workplaces think it’s time for you to lose count altogether.
Richard Branson has blogged that he thinks workplaces should stop tracking their employee’s leave. He was inspired by the model used by Netflix, thus becoming the first person who has been inspired by Netflix to do anything other than binge watching while swimming in their own filth.
According to Branson, the way we measure time away from the office has to evolve to keep up with increased employee connectivity, where they answer texts and emails around the clock.
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Netflix and Virgin HQ, who have already implemented these policies, have seen a marked upswing in morale and productivity. So we as a show would like to say we unequivocally support this idea, we think the SBS should adopt it, and on an unrelated matter tomorrow’s show will be thirty minutes of Maynard doing this.
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