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“You want time off? Sure, kid, but what are you telling me for? Just go, tell me about it when you get back to work”. Some employers, including IBM and Netflix, are telling their workers they can take as much vacation time as they want, whenever, so long as they get their work done. It sounds like a dream, but many employees offered this deal are keenly aware of their ultimate accountability, and typically take less time off than they would formally be entitled to. Another result, though, is people saying “This is a great place to work”. The fact that they are trusted makes for greater commitment. A Netflix HR chief puts it this way: “When you have a workforce of fully-formed professionals, you have a connection between… the work and how long it takes to do it. So you don’t need the clock-in-clock-out mentality”. At IBM, that’s an advantage, considering that 40% of the workforce have no dedicated office, toiling at home or on-site. So who would be watching them anyway? Source: New York Times, Pi