You respond to emails after work? You deserve unlimited vacation

Since 2004, Netflix company employees take as many days off as you wish. They are free to decide when to come to work, when to take time off, how long tasks will take. And this policy does not hurt the company. On the contrary, since it was the introduction of the market value of Netflix rose to 51 billion dollars.

Flexibility in Netflix towards staff does not mean that they are irresponsible in their work. They need to perform tasks at a high level and to tell their supervisors about how things are going. High performance is so entrenched in the culture of Netflix, that it can be generous to encourage any amount of output.

Employees Netflix unlimited vacation, because no one keeps track of time. Instead meticulous track of who and how many worked, managers focus on objectives and results. They concluded that by giving more freedom to give more decision-makers. Employees are focused on solving problems and their productivityRather than at a constant observance of a set of rules.

Why Netflix company abandoned the traditional counting vacation days

When Netflix acted more traditional policy release distribution, officers appealed to the leadership with the question:

We do not calculate how much we spend at work after hours. We check the mail at home, work at night and on weekends. So why do we need to calculate the time spent on vacation?

Management could not compete with such a simple logic. Of course, it does not work for all companies. If this production, where people followed the work of the assembly line, it must be there from eight to five. And then it makes sense hourly output and counting. But with the advancement of technology many can work from anywhere, anytime. People work as long as necessary to accomplish the task. It erased the concept of "recycling".

We are moving towards an economy where people are paid for results. But when it comes to estimating the number of non-working time, we still cling to the old rules, trying to count the clock that people must spend on work and leisure. And it discourages employees. The Netflix realized this and changed the policy, embarked on the path of a new understanding of the work.

The Brazilian experience

Netflix - the first notable American company to introduce policies unlimited vacationsBut the idea did not originate there. Brazilian company Semco for the past 30 years offers its employees unlimited vacation.

Son of the founder of the company Ricardo Semler (Ricardo Semler) in '21 earned serious health problems and realized that the existing schedule is slowly killing him. And if he kills him, then kills and employees. Ricardo took a radical decision, once finished with the restriction vacations, holidays and sick leave.

Contrary to the concern about the decline of productivity, Semler found that employees become more productive and loyal to the company, they were happy, and the company prospered. When Semler in 1981 introduced a policy of unlimited vacation, the cost of the company Semco was $ 4 million, now it has reached $ 1 billion.

Despite the success of the policy of unlimited weekend, only 1% of US companies to adopt it. Otherwise, it could not be: a thriving culture of workaholics in the United States. The Americans have the least amount of output from other countries, even less only in South Korea.

By law, US companies do not even have to provide paid leave. While in the UK, employees are entitled to 28 days paid holiday (including national holidays). In Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Sweden - 25 days in the year, and Brazil - for 30 days plus 11 public holidays.

How to use the staff the opportunity to relax at any time

Companies zealously protect a limited number of days off, confident that employees will take time off too often. But in companies with unlimited vacation policy discovered a strange thing: freedom gave people a strong sense of ownership and responsibility, they felt themselves in some kind of business owners and stopped to take leave generally!

Employers have to motivate employees to go on vacation. In Evernote, for example, they are given 1000 dollars you can spend on vacation, and in FullContact - incredible 7500 dollars. However, employees are required to report that the money spent was on vacation.

workaholism - it is not cool, and smart companies understand this. Employees need time to recharge, especially if they feel when it comes time to take a breather. After a rest they return full of energy and fresh ideas. So, are attached to this money is spent now is not in vain.

It is a pity that so far almost all the work based on the principle of the plant, where it is necessary to work and relax a certain number of hours. If we change the way of thinking in relation to work and aim to obtain results, it is necessary to change the system and rest and promotions.