Take a look to see the unique holidays and PTO policies that companies across the tech industry are offering!
At ButcherBox, our people are our biggest asset and we always are thinking about ways to help make our their lives better.
One of our priorities coming out of our annual engagement survey, was understanding how to help folks prioritize their mental wellness and self-care. We launched programs like BetterUp to give people the opportunity for coaching that spans the professional and personal, started tracking PTO to understand if people are taking enough time off, and launched initiatives like weekly yoga to give breaks during the day. And we are always looking for new ideas!
Our Chief Operating Officer had an idea last year, which was to test a company-wide self-care break and this year and today was the day. We know that March is a long month where there isn’t a company-wide break so as our founder, Mike Salguero, thought about the date, March 22nd came to mind. It’s a special date to him as it happens to be his Mother’s birthday!
So, in this grand experiment, ButcherBox employees were asked to take Tuesday, March 22nd for themselves. They were encouraged to do whatever feels right and supportive for them. Sleep in, watch bad tv, cook an elaborate lunch, spend time with a friend, go on a walk….whatever felt good. Mike shared with the company that he personally would be cooking “Linda Soup”, his mother’s world famous beef soup recipe, and followed by sharing the recipe for “Linda Soup”.
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One long weekend a month, at least. We recognize every major federal holiday, and in the last year we added in two more company PTO days in March and August, two months that feel the longest because they don't have a federal holiday that allow for a long weekend.
Winter break between the last week of Dec and first week of Jan - ~21 company holidays recognized throughout the year, that's 4 weeks of company time off!
This is all on top of flexible PTO for folks to take more of their time off to recharge
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At Alyce, we reserve the first Tuesday in November as "Give First Day" -- while for our US employees, it's often aligned with Election Day, our team globally uses it as a day to give back to their respective communities.
At NuvoAir we implemented "Slow Down Week" twice/year:
The last week of December and the last week of July. Slow down week is a week where no major meetings are happening and no major decisions are taken -- we hope this makes taking time off more accessible to team members, tackling their fear of having work piling up during their vacation time!
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In addition to offering Flexible PTO to all of our employees ( PTO is untracked and unmeasured), we offer Monthly Mental Health Days. One of Simon's top priorities is to focus on the wellness of our employees. For that, we strongly encourage employees to take one mental health day a month to reset.
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Our founder, Rob May is a HUGE NCAA fan. We get half day Thursday and all day Friday kicking off March Madness!
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Cogito has two "unique" holidays:
- Juneteenth (observed), Monday, June 20, 2022 (June 19th is a Sunday)
- Native American Heritage Day, Friday, November 25, 2022
As a Cogician, you are also entitled to 20 days of Vacation, 5 days of sick time each new year, 11 scheduled holidays, 2 floating holidays, and 2 “Be Gentle” days for a total of 40 days.
Panorama fully shuts down two weeks a year. Panoramians get to enjoy a week of summer break and a week of winter break where everyone at the company takes time off.
We offer flexible vacation and encourage team members to take off at least 4 weeks a year. We believe taking vacation time is an important part of a healthy and happy life. And we believe that vacations make Panoramians better at their jobs.
Panorama Education observes traditional holidays like New Year's, President's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Christmas. We also celebrate days of cultural importance like MLK Jr. Day, Juneteenth, and Indigenous People's Day.
Any additional one-off closures are announced as they arise, such as taking the day off after Panorama's 10th birthday this past week.
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Flywire has Digital Disconnect Days and FlyBetter days.
What is a Digital Disconnect Day?
- A DDD is the opportunity for each FlyMate (Flywire employee) to take an entire day to spend time away from Flywire (i.e, disconnect and ‘unplug’ from devices) and to enjoy time alone or with family & friends. We encourage FlyMate to be diligent about disconnecting as best you can when taking a DDD. For example, spend the time on self-care, hobbies, or anything you enjoy that recharges you. We give these out once per quarter.
What are FlyBetter days?
- If we truly want to “do better” in the world, we must take real action in our communities. At Flywire, we encourage all FlyMates (Flywire employees) to truly evaluate their own desire to have impact in the world, how they lead their day-to-day life, how they treat others, and whether there are ways that they can contribute to improving their country, community and themselves.
In an effort to encourage FlyMates to take even more action, in June 2020 our leadership team decided to provide FlyMates with two paid days of time off per year to dedicate their time to a social cause they care about.
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In addition to Unlimited Time Off, we offer 20 hours annually of VTO (Volunteer Time Off). It's a big part of our culture and each team tracks their use and comes up with creative ways to use it both independently and as a team. Often when members of our team travel, they carve out time to volunteer during their work trips. We like to give back in the communities we are working in and VTO helps Mynders do exactly that.
Mental health and wellness have always been a core part of Onapsis' culture. That’s why we’ve introduced ‘Flexible Fridays’, a new pilot initiative with the intention to offer greater flexibility, help mitigate meeting fatigue, and support work/life balance. Flexible Fridays include two key components: No internal meetings on Friday afternoons and the opportunity to start the weekend early to recharge with family and friends.
Lovepop has unlimited PTO (at least 4 weeks are encouraged)! We are closed the last week of the year for a recharge week! (Christmas to New Year's)
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We added Juneteenth to our time off calendar and in Ukraine, we have Women's Day off! In addition to our Unlimited PTO policy, we offer 12 weeks of fully paid leave to new parents and offer 1 day per quarter for volunteering.
NuvoAir offers two Slow Down Weeks. Startup life can be chaotic, and even though we offer 25 days of vacation, we received feedback from the team that it felt difficult to take time off, for fear of missing important meetings and decisions in our fast-paced company. Last December we piloted a Slow Down Week and the team appreciated it so much, we decided to do another! Two weeks a year (the last week of July and the last week of December), the entire company pushes pause - no major meetings, no major decisions occur. A team that's burnt out isn't good for them or for the company, and taking time for R&R is so important in preventing that!
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Pavestep has two unique days:
- 2nd Friday of every month is a half day
- 4th Friday of every month is off!
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Crayon has an unlimited, 'take-what-you-need', paid vacation policy.
Seismic offers an end-of-year, paid recharge week where our global offices shut down, allowing its employees to unwind while gearing up for the new year ahead.
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At Toast, we know how vital work/ life blend is for our employees. That is why we are proud to offer a flexible paid time off policy, where employees can take the time they need to recharge, enjoy activities they love, and spend time with family and friends. Additionally, after five years with the company, we offer a Sabbatical program, where employees log off for a consecutive four weeks. We love hearing how Toasters spend this time, whether they take the trip of a lifetime, hone new skills, or focus on a passion project.
ZoomInfo has an unlimited PTO policy that prioritizes providing employees the flexibility they need to balance their work and life. At ZoomInfo, we recognize that we work better when we take time to recharge and care for ourselves.
This year, ZoomInfo is recognizing its first ever Annual Employee Appreciation Day Off. We organized this day in the middle of Spring when there is a long stretch between federal holidays. The beauty of Employee Appreciation Day is that the whole company gets a day to rest, relax, or do whatever makes them happy without having to worry about Slack messages or emails stacking up.
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Every employee is off on their birthday.
We operate on an unlimited PTO policy - use as you need it and ask employees to use at least 2 weeks of vacation outside of our 12 observed holidays
26 days off to start, 31 on your 2 year anniversary and 36 days on your 10 year anniversary (Personal, vacation and floating holidays included)
- An additional day off during your birthday month
- 2 days off to volunteer
- 4 weeks sabbatical on your 5 year anniversary
- Day off for Juneteenth
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The weeks of vacation we offer to all new employees grows to four weeks after two years and five weeks after four.
Unlimited sick leave and personal time, which gives people flexibility for things like medical appointments, religious holidays, attending parent-teacher conferences, etc.
A one-month sabbatical after 5 years, and again after 10 years. People use to take dream vacations, visit family overseas, attend playoff games, and more.
Several Mental Health Days off each year to help our Gurus recharge. These are always on Fridays so we can extend the weekend
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Only a few years ago, the entire SevenRooms team could fit in a single conference room. In the past few years, SevenRooms has experienced explosive growth and we now have employees throughout the US, Canada, London, Australia, Spain, and Hong Kong. With growth also comes a larger, diverse workforce with unique needs and this has made us think more critically about scaling our culture, processes, and employee offerings so we can continue to put our people first.
In addition to our unlimited PTO policy and recharge days once a month, SevenRooms introduced new initiatives this year to give employees time back to rest and recharge.
- Fresh Start - All new hires start at SevenRooms with the first two weeks of employment as paid time off.
- 7R&R - All employees up to 5 years of tenure are required to schedule 5 consecutive days of paid time off during the first half of the year and another 5 consecutive days of paid time off in the second half of the year.
- 5+ Years - 10 consecutive days
- On the 7th, 10th, and 15th Years - 20 consecutive days (1-month sabbatical) in a 12-month period
SevenRooms’ Fresh Start program also received recognition from Drew Barrymore on a recent episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, watch here!
Our choices around time and where we spend it are perhaps the single most important decisions we can be making right now. Time is precious and has real value, whether you earn it or you give it away. Our strategy is to always invest in any experiences which foster connection and meaningful relationships to build community.
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The unique company holiday where employees have the day off:
- Starting in 2022, CallMiner has included Juneteenth as one of its standard company holidays.
- Your company's non-standard PTO policy (non-standard meaning typical 2-4 weeks of vacation)
- CallMiner has introduced a VTO policy (volunteer time off), where employees are encouraged to take a day off to volunteer for programs and events that positively impact their communities.
- CallMiner also allows employees to rollover up to 40 hours (5 business days) of PTO from the previous year, which they are encouraged to use in the first quarter of the next year.
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As a bit of a background, Vestmark offers Saas based financial software to financial institutions and investment advisors. We also provide Back Office services, reconciliations, trading services, etc. I mention all of this because many Vestmark employees need to be available during the working hours of our clients. Therefore Vestmark’s holiday schedule aligns with that of the NYSE, which can be challenging and a bit limiting to offer a “unique holiday” schedule.
That being said, Vestmark recently added 2 additional holidays to our time-off program: 1) Juneteenth and 2) one more floater/personal day (for a total of 2 per year).
The NYSE recently added Juneteenth as a recognized holiday, so we are thrilled to be able to add that to our company holidays, as we think this is an important holiday and supports our diverse culture and other DEI initiatives.
In addition to Juneteenth, we have added one more Floater/Personal holiday this year for a total of two. This is another way to support the diversity of our employees to be able grant them time off for their varied and diverse religions and other interests.
We also just announced an enhancement to our PAID Parental Leave policy to cover 4 weeks fully paid. Although there are Federal and State “paid” leave laws, they don’t typically pay 100% of salary. We believe that it extremely important for all parents to be able to have bonding time with the new additions to their family. And to be able to do that without having to take reduced pay, go unpaid or use vacation time is a great benefit.
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The company gives the day off for March 4 "Employee Appreciation Day"
Unlimited PTO
All employees are eligible for unlimited PTO, and we make sure they actually use it! We encourage our employees to take time off as they determine most appropriate for them - to explore and take vacations, to respond to dependent care needs, to take care of their mental or physical health - whatever is important to the individual employees.
Leaves of Absences
OneScreen.ai is pleased to offer a variety of both paid and unpaid leaves of absence options for employees. Some paid leaves include but are not limited to:
- Up to 16 weeks of Paid Parental Leave (for both parents upon the birth or placement/adoption of a child)
- Up to 8 weeks of Pregnancy Loss Leave (both parents)
- Extended Bereavement Leave
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At 3Play Media, employees are given 5 extra holidays in addition to their standard PTO!
Additional holidays at 3Play Media include, Your Birthday: Take the day or any day surrounding it within the calendar month off!, 2 Volunteer Holidays: A chance for all employees to step outside of the office and donate their time to any cause that is of importance to them, and 2 Floating Holidays: Spend time with your family and celebrate a special holiday that 3Play may not, no questions asked!
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