Having trouble taking a vacation? For many Americans who are leaving their vacation days on the table, this is a reality. However, one company has chosen to make it mandatory - adding new meaning to the words "paid vacation."
HuffPost Rise reports that financial services company The Motley Fool requires its employees to take a vacation.
"At each monthly company meeting, one employee's name is drawn out of a hat. That person must take a spontaneous vacation ASAP, with no company contact whatsoever for two whole weeks," writes the Huffington Post's Suzy Strutner.
The company's "Fool's Errand" program gives one employee per month a two-week vacation.
"At each monthly company meeting, one employee's name is drawn out of a hat. That person must take a spontaneous vacation ASAP, with no company contact whatsoever for two whole weeks," notes Strutner.
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The lucky employee even gets $1,500 to use on their break.
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