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Silicon Valley firms have long been known for offering a litany of employee perks: fresh-cooked lunches, free massages, climbing walls and dog-friendly offices.
Now some are adding yet another incentive to attract and retain workers: paid time off to protest.
Fauna, a San Francisco database start-up, recently began allowing its 13 employees to take unlimited paid leave to participate in rallies, vote, write letters to elected officials and take part in other civic activities. Before February, employees could take time off on an as-needed basis. But the political climate — and polarization — since President Trump's inauguration called for more defined measures, said Amna Pervez, director of recruiting and retention.
This is nothing new. There are already companies that allow unlimited vacation. Instead of unlimited vacation for any reason, this company allows unlimited time off for the betterment of the country. Similar policy.
And yes, this is the type of perks that elite knowledge workers get - free food, free child care, work from home, bring your dog to work, compensation on transportation cost, unlimited vacation, etc, etc. Yup, life is hard in the liberal blue states hell hole. <rolleyes>
No. It is the business of the bank or venture capitalist who is sponsoring them.
Indeed.
Which means this is none of our business unless one of us happens to be the VC funding this company. And I'd think some Silicon Valley VC would be in full support of such an arrangement since many were forced to be political lately in light of what happened recently.
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