On the eve of a long Labor Day week-end that signals the official end of the summer and back-to-school, it feels nice to reflect on vacations, just a little bit more.
The NYT reports today on IBM's experiments with flexibility. Employees at IBM are usually allowed to take from 3 to 5 weeks of vacation / year (readers from France, interpret it in one way; readers from the US, interpret it in another one), but they do not officially have to report their vacation time to HR managers and can take vacation time at any time on very short notice, as long as their immediate manager is informed.
The article reports that some employees feel pressured to check their e-mail and answer phone calls during their vacation time as a result of this new flexibility, but such behavior seems pretty routine to any professional white collar today.
Apparently, IBM's move is part of its transitioning from a manufacturing to a service company.
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