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Firm allows staff unlimited paid leave
A business consultancy firm is pioneering a new holiday entitlement scheme - by allowing staff to take as much paid leave as they like.
Employees at human resources consultants Inbucon can take all the paid holiday they want, provided they meet their work commitments to their team members and customers.
The firm, which is based in Richmond, Surrey, introduced the scheme at the start of this year to "empower" its 40 workers and encourage trust and responsibility.
Previously, employees were restricted to the standard 25 days holiday a year, but under the new system they will be able to take several months paid leave if they have finished the project on which they are working.
Company co-founder David Brooks says he decided to try the idea after consulting staff about how to improve working life.
"What we wanted to do was empower people by giving them a real sense of ownership of the organisation," he said.
"It requires individuals to consider the impact of the amount of holiday that they are taking on their customers and also on their team members.
"We are treating them as adults, we are trusting them, but as part of that trust they have to take the responsibility that goes with it. I am sure there will be one or two who will abuse the system, but we should be creating systems for the majority of people, not the minority.
"If someone wants to take three months off and they have worked incredibly hard, I can see no reason why they should not do that.
"But we will also be trying to ensure that people take enough holiday and do not just keep working.
A business consultancy firm is pioneering a new holiday entitlement scheme - by allowing staff to take as much paid leave as they like.
Employees at human resources consultants Inbucon can take all the paid holiday they want, provided they meet their work commitments to their team members and customers.
The firm, which is based in Richmond, Surrey, introduced the scheme at the start of this year to "empower" its 40 workers and encourage trust and responsibility.
Previously, employees were restricted to the standard 25 days holiday a year, but under the new system they will be able to take several months paid leave if they have finished the project on which they are working.
Company co-founder David Brooks says he decided to try the idea after consulting staff about how to improve working life.
"What we wanted to do was empower people by giving them a real sense of ownership of the organisation," he said.
"It requires individuals to consider the impact of the amount of holiday that they are taking on their customers and also on their team members.
"We are treating them as adults, we are trusting them, but as part of that trust they have to take the responsibility that goes with it. I am sure there will be one or two who will abuse the system, but we should be creating systems for the majority of people, not the minority.
"If someone wants to take three months off and they have worked incredibly hard, I can see no reason why they should not do that.
"But we will also be trying to ensure that people take enough holiday and do not just keep working.
Hmmm! Work like FCUK for 6-8 weeks and take a month off, come back to work for a couple of weeks and take another month off and quit 
S'pose it depends on your customers, we've got work coming in nearly everyday, and if I don't draw the things, the lads on the shop floor can't make the things, customers alway want their job yesterday, so a week or 2 buffer of work is possible but any longer than that and everything grinds to a halt 
If you can take a month off and no one misses you I'd be worried
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If you can take a month off and no one misses you I'd be worried
[p45inthepost]Some companies it seems have been doing similar for ages - 'project flexitime'.
I've been told that basically each project is assigned a number of review points that have set in stone dates. As long as you meet those you can take as little or much time off.
A friend from uni used to work for a US company that did it - haven't spoken to him for quite a time so not sure.
Sounds a fine idea though, as I've always maintained you are paid to do a job rather than a number of hours.
J
I've been told that basically each project is assigned a number of review points that have set in stone dates. As long as you meet those you can take as little or much time off.
A friend from uni used to work for a US company that did it - haven't spoken to him for quite a time so not sure.
Sounds a fine idea though, as I've always maintained you are paid to do a job rather than a number of hours.
J
As Joust said, some companies have been doing just this for a while.. Means you end up working like a dervish for a month, put in 2 months worth of time, get done early then take a month off. Works quite well, providing the targets are set well.
Wonder what the customers think? Effectively the firm is acknowledging that their fees are sufficnetly high to be able to do this.
Mind you, I presume overtime is more expensive to the employer than time off in lieu..
Wonder what the customers think? Effectively the firm is acknowledging that their fees are sufficnetly high to be able to do this.
Mind you, I presume overtime is more expensive to the employer than time off in lieu..
friend of mine works for the Revenue (hawk...!) but he can clock in anytime from 7am - 10am, come & go up to 3 times before 12pm, clock in up to 2pm, and come & go up to 3 times anytime before 3pm - 8pm - now THAT'S flexi time! It's being rolled out to all civil service agencies acoss Britain - now wonder the idle fcuks stir paper all day............
can't say I didn't when I worked there tho!
can't say I didn't when I worked there tho!
minimax said: friend of mine works for the Revenue (hawk...!) but he can clock in anytime from 7am - 10am, come & go up to 3 times before 12pm, clock in up to 2pm, and come & go up to 3 times anytime before 3pm - 8pm - now THAT'S flexi time! It's being rolled out to all civil service agencies acoss Britain - now wonder the idle fcuks stir paper all day............
can't say I didn't when I worked there tho!
So thats why its taking over 18 months to get my tax rebate paid!
Happy to take your money but its a different matter the other way round. I reckon the £50 they own me, over 18 months of interest should be worth about £36000 by now. How much does one of those Tuscan things cost?!
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