Companies Are Battling Burnout By Giving Employees More Vacation DaysâBut Will They Take Them?
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More than one in five companies are offering employees more vacation time this year, a recent survey from executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas finds.
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When Kate Compton Barr paused just long enough in a recent Zoom meeting to notice the exhausted expressions on her employeesâ faces, the CEO of socially responsible baby product company Pip & Grow had a wake-up call.
So she decided to do something unconventional: Pause operations for the month of August and give her staff four full weeks of paid time off. Within hours of announcing the move on Instagram, she says she received more than 100 messages from people wanting to work for her.
Cofounder, Vraiment Financial , Raleigh
Working as a mother of three in the banking industry, Bradley found that her schedule was often at odds with her family responsibilities. She and her husband Vincent decided to open their own financial services firm, Vraiment Financial, in 2019, offering accounting, tax preparation and grant research services to its more than 300 clients. To date, the couple’s grant research service has assisted business owners in receiving up to $50,000 in funding.
Founder, Grow Fragrance, Durham
As a child, Swimm learned the ins and outs of fragrance from his father, who worked as a chemist in the industry. After starting his own family, he became more aware of the safety of the products in his home and was dissatisfied with existing fragrances sold as clean and safe for the home. In 2018, he launched Grow Fragrance, a plant-based, toxin-free home fragrance brand, selling candles and air fresheners.