Tech Companies Coddled Their Employees. Now They're Firing Them

Post by kadoban » Sat, May 14, 2022, 3:53 PM UTC

Sakos wrote: post #11

kadoban wrote: post #10

> Facebook, where Andreessen has long sat on the board, touts its Recharge program, in which workers are encouraged to take a 30-day sabbatical every five years. During the pandemic, Twitter added company-wide mental health breaks called “days of rest,” on top of already-generous leave policies. These are the perks that the article is saying are now the subject of derision. One month of vacation in 5 years, and rando…

Here in Germany, I can take a month off and still have 10 vacation days left, every year. A month of vacation every 5 years sounds vaguely like slave labour to me.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, May 17, 2022, 9:46 AM UTC

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #13

kadoban wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I _think_ they're saying a month off in addition to usual yearly vacation, but it's still nothing like extravagent, even for the US.

It's in addition to normal holidays. Source: worked there (but left just before my recharge was due).