The Europeans have it right…
It’s August 1. Beginning of the month when large chunks of Europe book off and hit the beach. It’s popular to slag Europe over here in N. America. But when it comes to vacations (and many other things), they’ve got it right.
As a very active seed fund that’s out there doing deals all the time (12 so far 9 months), I have found it frustrating across the various deals to be continually running into issues with vacations. It’s been happening since June. I would much rather have one known period of time when nothing is happening – and there is no expectation of things happening – vs. always trying to execute with missing deal team members.
What if we just shut everything down in August? Hang out with your families. Recharge the batteries and hit the ground hard after Labour Day.
Who’s with me? And while we’re at it, let’s get some siestas happening as well…
Carlos and me are definitely bringing the siestas from Spain. I'm sure it'll be a hit in NY
Nice. Good luck getting hard charging NYC converted to siestas. You're not back in Chicago?
We'll lead by example
PS: moving full time to NY in September.
Nice. I'll drop in (after siesta) to say 'hi'
At least one of your portfolio companies has a napping futon that gets a lot of usage.
What's also definitely to be copied from Europeans is the length of the vacation. 2-3 weeks is a sick joke.
There's a talent war, and it's global; Our employment conditions have to be competitive on salary and perks no matter whether you are originally from the Valley or London.
Yep, our 1 week vacations where we check e-mail every day are useless. We need real time off. And yes, done right, that type of policy could be a big win with staff