Boss gives employees US$7,500 for vacations
員工度假　老闆買單

Bart Lorang may be the best boss ever.

The CEO of Denver-based Internet start-up FullContact API said in a market that is competitive for top talent, he wants to keep his employees happy and refreshed.

The flip-flop wearing founder offers his employees US$7,500 (NT$220,000) for what he calls “paid, paid vacation,” however there are rules.

“One, you actually have to take a vacation to get the money,” Lorang said. “Two, you have to disconnect from work, so that means no calls, no e-mails, no tweets, no work of any kind.”

Even Lorang admitted he has trouble following his rules.

“I suck at it,” he said.

A picture of the CEO and his fiancee Sarah at Egypt’s great pyramids captured Lorang checking his e-mail.

Not surprisingly, employees said they loved having the company pick up the tab for their vacations.

“It’s a real break for your brain,” said Robbie Jack, a FullContact API employee. “You come back refreshed and reinvigorated and more excited about the stuff you were working on when you left.”

(Liberty Times)

巴特．洛朗或許是最貼心的老闆了。

總部位於丹佛的網路初創公司FullContact API的這位執行長說，在這個市場上，頂尖人才是大家競相爭奪的目標，他希望他的員工能保持開心和精神振作。

這位穿著夾腳拖鞋的公司創始人向他的員工提供七千五百美元（新台幣二十二萬元），用於他所謂的「付費帶薪休假」，但須遵守相關規定。

洛朗說：「首先，你必須去度假才能拿到這筆錢。」「其次，你必須切斷與工作的聯繫，這意味著不接電話，不回電郵，不發推文，不做任何形式的工作。」

就連洛朗也承認他也不易遵守這些規定。

他說：「我也沒能遵守。」

在洛朗和未婚妻莎拉在埃及金字塔拍攝的一張照片上，他被拍到正在查看電郵。

毫無疑問，員工們說他們非常開心公司能為他們的休假買單。

「這對你大腦是一次真正的休假」，公司的一名員工羅比．傑克說：「你回來時感覺精神振作並重新有了活力，對你離開時留下的工作更有激情。」

（自由時報／翻譯：陳成良）