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Archives for July, 2008
ARCO's Sabbatical Bonus
Since 1992, a small construction company in St. Louis has offered its 250 employees even more than a sabbatical. After every five years of service, ARCO Construction Company’s employees get a 4-week paid break and a $3500 travel bonus.
During their sabbaticals, employees are not allowed to have any contact with the company (their BlackBerries are [...]
Let's Learn From the Brits, Shall We?
Yesterday’s Sunday Mirror, a UK newspaper, noted that more people than ever are taking sabbaticals, with nine in 10 “gap-year” (what the Brits call a sabbatical) travellers now over 30. The research was provided by American Express Insurance Services, a company that offers sabbaticals for its employees.
The sabbatical mindset is not foreign in the UK, [...]