Financial benefits and perks play a key role in attracting and retaining employees. Equally important indicators of job satisfaction include: the amount of free time away from the office, scheduling flexibility and location.
So how do you create the perfect company policy that ensures your goals are met? Below we present 7 vacation rules used by American companies that will make your company a sought-after place to work.
1. Made-up holidays
Hanapin Marketing, based in Indiana, simply invented the holiday "2nd2." The name comes from the fact that the second Friday of the second month of each quarter is a day off work. The company treats it as a fun excuse to rest on these four extra days a year.
2. Extra days off to choose from
The Seattle-based outsourcing company Outreach created 2 fully paid days off per year, with each employee able to choose which day it will be, plus 1 fully paid day off for all employees every quarter.
3. Paid study leave
Kabbage, a small-business lender based in Atlanta, offers its employees a fully paid six-week break plus an additional USD 6,000 for every 5 years worked.
4. Vacation salary
If five years is too long, you should consider working at California-based VideoAmp. The advertising television systems company gives employees an extra paycheck of USD 2,000 every year for a family vacation.
5. Paid honeymoon
Employees hired at Glassman Wealth Services, based in Virginia, can go on a honeymoon for free after working there for 2 years!
6. Free accommodation
California-based Cloudbeds offers its employees free accommodation for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks, however, they must switch to another place, also offered by Cloudbeds.
7. Annual trips
Sparks Glencoe, based in Maryland, invites its employees and their companions on a trip every year. The destination is usually the Caribbean.
