Introduction
Different surveys reveal that during the last several years in the United States, employees tend to take less vacation days. This decrease is worrying, as it can affect both their family relations and friendships, as well as their health. It can also affect the quality of their work, as it is proven that when people are rested and happy, they improve their performance.
In an era in which work tends to be collaborative, and where knowledge and creativity are most valued, enterprises must create some conditions so that people can work with commitment and inspiration, and without stress.
Due to these factors, at Intraway we decided to implement a more flexible policy for the use of days off. It is a responsible unlimited vacation policy
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And given this situation with no clear guidance, people could end up taking even less free time than before.
At Intraway we believe that the traditional policy of defined, accrued time off is not enough to relieve stress or encourage creativity. In a context where daily life is very accelerated, making the idea of free time more flexible can help people feel less pressured and not as anxious to quickly solve issues related to their family life, or problems with their health.
That's why we developed a new policy: in addition to the vacation period that corresponds to each employee by law, we have added a series of additional paid days off. We proposed this "XL Days" benefit because we are interested in generating relations based on trust, commitment and freedom. We also seek to be flexible in a labor market where there is a lot of competition. In fact we see this policy as a way to strengthen loyalty: we seek to generate pride and sense of belonging in between our employees, and thus decrease the level of