Microsoft will give its employees unlimited vacations

“Generation Y or millennials” began with the trend of creating more relaxed work environments.
The decent vacation initiative in Mexico will allow 12 days of continuous rest.
Microsoft will no longer require US employees to formally record the vacation they take.

It was recently revealed that the company Microsoft will allow your employees to have holidays unlimitedthey can practically use the time they want, the only requirement is that they fulfill their work and objectives.

This year has come with many changes, among them is a very important one, which is employment benefits, which are generally modified from time to time. It is curious that the way of working in certain companies has a lot to do with the type of generation that predominates at that time, since the demands and thinking are usually different, nowadays it is very common to see the millenials work remotely, since the pandemic came to make certain modifications even in the way of working.

Generations have an impact on the workplace

For him 2023 probably the work experience will be different, since the “Generation Y or millennials” they are part of an evolution, since they practically started with the trend of creating more relaxed work environments, they took this for granted when they started their professional career, so many will take this as normal even though it had not been that way before. Today you can find companies that provide comfortable spaces for their workers, such as hammocks so they can take a nap, board games, televisions, among other things that surely for another generation of workers this is a waste of time that could affect productivity, this idea has practically arrived with the millennials, so it could be said that it is something new, at least in Mexico.

Decent vacations in Mexico

In Mexico the initiative of the holidays dignifiedwhich allowed the number of days off for an employee to be modified, since the official figure that was available was really low, only 6 days were allowed that companies granted to their workers from the first year worked, now this will happen to 12 days of continuous restPresident Andres Manuel was in charge of signing the decree of dignified vacations for employees, which was recorded in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) supposedly this initiative came into force in January of this year.

Microsoft will give its employees unlimited vacations

Microsoft has decided that its US employees will stop formally registering the vacations they decide to take, since they have been given the freedom to take the time they want, they simply need a good business organization so as not to neglect the objectives and requirements of the company, this initiative will be carried out to next January 16, that’s how it became known Kathleen Hogan, Microsoft chief of staffin an internal email published by The Verge.

In addition to the benefits of holidays unlimited, Microsoft It will also begin offering 10 corporate holidays, as well as granting certain sick and mental health leave. It should be noted that these advantages are only intended for workers who are in the United States, so workers who work outside the United States will not be able to enjoy the benefits offered Microsoft, The company explained that this is because it is difficult to coordinate the different laws and benefits that each region has.

“How, when and where we do our work has radically changed”, “And as we have transformed, modernizing our vacation policy towards a more flexible model was the next natural step”. noted Kathleen Hogan in the internal memo.

These modifications in the labor area will allow eradicating the exploitation laborIt is known that in Mexico it is common to work up to 12 hours for minimum wages, so it is necessary to increase the initiative so that employees can enjoy their free time.