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Cake day: August 22nd, 2023

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  • In Europe, there are companies that offer unlimited paid time off. In practice apparently people take less time off than when they have a fixed amount of leave because they feel a responsibility towards their coworkers.

    In my opinion, entrepreneurship is a high risk/high rewards game. Employees getting sick is part of the risk, and if you can’t handle that you shouldn’t be running a business.

    I know in the US it’s incredibly easy to let people go, in the end if specialist workers get scarce, not accepting sick days will ruin your business. In Europe not accepting sick days is simply not an option.

    I am convinced treating people well prevents things like burnout. And preventing burnouts and churn gives you a competitive advantage.