The new leave plan is meant for the employees' 'Collective well being.'
After extending its work-from-home model until 2021 summer, Google has announced a three-day weekend to ensure employees' well being during the Coronavirus pandemic upon us.
With an aim to make sure its employees are maintaining their peace of mind and not letting the work taking a toll over them, the tech giant has added an extra day to the two-day long weekend. The new leave plan is meant for the employees' 'Collective well being.'
The company is encouraging the entire workforce to take an extra day off and asked managers to support their teams for the same. As per a report, Google's internal forum for employees read, "We strongly encourage you to take this day off — and managers should actively support their team to reprioritize work commitments in order to do so."
Additionally, employees can also swap their third week off with another day if something of importance comes up on Friday. Even though the technical team doesn't have this provision as of now, Google is working on this to provide them with the benefits of relaxing.
Working professionals across the globe are celebrating this move. Companies across domains are taking care of their employees and launched policies that manage mental health. These trends are likely to go high in the coming days as well.
Source: People matters 08 Sep, 2020
