Richard Branson is letting his staff take off whenever they want for as long as they want

Richard Branson is letting his staff take off whenever they want for as long as they want
(Image credit: Paul Kane/Getty Images)

The Most Awesome Boss award goes to Richard Branson, who announced on the Virgin blog that his staff can now take off as much time as they want, whenever they want.

There's no catch, the billionaire entrepreneur wrote. Managers don't have to grant permission, and there's no tracking of the days off. Branson's daughter Holly told him that Netflix has been using this model to much success, and it sounded like a "very Virgin thing to do." After hearing that such a policy increased morale, creativity, and productivity, Branson was sold.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.