Dreamy Yet True: Unlimited Offs For Microsoft Employees From Next Week

Washington: For most people, it is just a pipe dream, but for Microsoft employees in the US, things are a little different because the tech behemoth will begin offering unlimited vacation time to US workers from next week. The same was announced by the corporation in an email to staff members.

In an email, Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer of Microsoft, announced that the policy will be known as “Discretionary Time Off”.

“How, when, and where we do our jobs has dramatically changed. And as we’ve transformed, modernizing our vacation policy to a more flexible model was a natural next step,” said Hogan, according to reports.

Additionally, new employees who have just joined will also not be required to wait to accrue vacation time. Microsoft currently provides 10 corporate holidays, paid sick time, paid time off for mental health issues, and leaves of absence in addition to the unrestricted vacation policy. Additionally, they provide time off for jury duty or mourning.

All unused vacation leave balances will be paid out in full to employees at one time in April.

However, only paid staff are eligible to use this new policy. The policy won’t be made available to Microsoft’s hourly employees.

Microsoft will start allowing more of its staff to work remotely on a regular basis in 2020. Further, it permitted workers to spend up to 50% of their workweeks working from home without restriction. Although employees who choose remote work must give up their office space, Microsoft offices nevertheless provide a touchdown space.