{"id":13342,"date":"2010-09-02T18:02:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T16:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13342"},"modified":"2010-09-02T18:02:10","modified_gmt":"2010-09-02T16:02:10","slug":"best-vacation-policy-is-a-no-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/02\/best-vacation-policy-is-a-no-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Best vacation policy is a no policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Read this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

At Netflix, the vacation policy is audaciously simple and simply audacious. Salaried employees can take as much time off as they’d like, whenever they want to take it. Nobody \u2013 not employees themselves, not managers \u2013 tracks vacation days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s an example to follow. \u00a0After all, it’s the work that matters. \u00a0If you work is taken care of, what difference does it make how many hours you spent doing it, or how many hours you spent not doing it? \u00a0More companies should adopt this approach.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Read this: At Netflix, the vacation policy is audaciously simple and simply audacious. Salaried employees can take as much time off as they’d like, whenever they want to take it. Nobody \u2013 not employees themselves, not managers \u2013 tracks vacation days. That’s an example to follow. \u00a0After all, it’s the work that matters. \u00a0If you … Continue reading Best vacation policy is a no policy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1968,580,17],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-business","tag-management","tag-work"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8245,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2004\/11\/22\/when-your-co-worker-is-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":13342,"position":0},"title":"When Your Co-Worker is Away","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 22, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Most of the modern offices are using cubicles instead of full blown office for their employees. 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