How many of your annual leave days have you taken this year? Did you know that annual leave is a vital part of an employee’s work-life balance? In fact, a recent article on The Balance Careers discussed the benefits from taking paid time off, not just for employees but for employers as well.
According to the article, employees who don’t utlise their annual leave can lose the ability to relax and struggle to recharge effectively. Paid time off is also a good opportunity for employers to cross-train their staff so that no employee is the only one who knows how to do a certain job.
Unfortunately, a survey from IrishJobs.ie last year showed that nearly 40% of Irish employees don’t use their full annual leave. This is a problem that employers need to take heed of in order to maximise productivity, avoid mistakes and retain top talent.
However, at a time when the war on talent rages on, standard annual leave isn’t enough. Research from BalanceCareers shows that, on average, the median employee tenure was 4.3 years for men and 4.0 years for women in 2020. When we dug a little further into this issue, we found that the majority of people left, not because they disliked the work or the people they worked with, but because they were disengaged and lacked motivation because of their same routine day after day for the past four years (give or take).
Have you ever left a job for a new one, only to find after two months that you miss the old one? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.
It turns out, the manager and the job you left wasn’t too bad after all. You just needed time to revive, break your old routines and take extended time off to travel, relax or chill with family and friends. With this in mind, RECRUITERS created ‘Project Revive’, which offers employees two months of paid leave after four years of service to the company to give them that much-needed time away to revive, rejuvenate and come back to work refreshed and happy.
All you need to do is put your out-of-office on!
Do you like the sound of two months of paid time off? ‘Project Revive’ is just one of the great initiatives RECRUITERS offers its teammates. You can view all of our open vacancies here.
Alternatively, find out more about building an effective employer branding strategy here.
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