Cell C trialing unlimited leave

[Daniel Puchert]

Cell C's unlimited leave experiment

Cell C is experimenting with unlimited leave, beginning with the organisation's executive management.

Cell C boss Jorge Mendes says if the experiment is successful, the system will roll out to the rest of the organisation.

 

[Quicks]

Don't know about that you will get people that will take too much and then others that will be to scared to take leave.

 

[Bernoldus Niemand]

Aren't they broke? You come back and the company is liquidated.

 

[LCBXX]

What are the financial benefits to doing this for an Org? Does it mean they don't have to hold your leave-money in reserve, for example?

 

[longboy]

Clickbait title.

Are they offering employees every day off work? Are they letting leave accumulate beyong labour law guidelines?

The article itself is filled with irrelevant waffle.

 

[oros]

 

[Ockie]

I am sorry, but this is a terrible article. It is long and does not really talk about how this works exactly.

 

[longboy]

I am sorry, but this is a terrible article. It is long and does not really talk about how this works exactly.

This.

We should expect this from Daniel Pukehead though.

 

[Goosfrabba]

Unlimited leave?

Sweet, I'll work a week then see you again a week before I retire.

Until some T's and C's are explained as to how this would work, this is how I choose to believe it does.

 

[semaphore]

Investec already have this.

 

[ToxicBunny]

I'd be very interested to see how they structure this.

Its one of those systems that sounds great in PR brochures, but its how its implemented in reality that determines whether its worthwhile or not or becomes a stick that management use to make sure low level grunts work more than they should.

 

[WAslayer]

This is how it works:

We say on your contract that you get unlimited leave..

What we tell management though, is leave requests are approved based on headcount for any given day and make sure each employee only gets N amount of leave days approved, rejecting the rest with reason, due to company/headcount requirements..

 

[rh1]

Unlimited leave until some one test it.

 

[duckgray]

What are the financial benefits to doing this for an Org? Does it mean they don't have to hold your leave-money in reserve, for example?

Yes, which means they can do more "meaningful" things with those surplus funds.

 

[bwana]

Knowing CellC a FUP will apply.

Also waiting for Vodacom to claim it’s unsustainable…

 

[longboy]

Knowing CellC a FUP will apply.

Also waiting for Vodacom to claim it’s unsustainable…

Will probably be just a FU to the employees. Or if they're angry then it's a FU P.

 

[ThatOtherGuy]

If corporate culture and morale needs improvement, then Cellc's problems are bigger than I thought.

 

[Budza]

Knowing CellC a FUP will apply.

Also waiting for Vodacom to claim it’s unsustainable…

Hah- beat me to it.

Throttle to half days after 3 weeks or something

Also- are they sure they don't mean limitless

 

[myBBexpert]

What is the myBB leave policy?

 

[Next Thing]

I personally wouldnt take this ..

Speaking to 702, head of human resources at Investec SA, Lesley-Anne Gatter, said that from September 2019 the company will allow employees to take unlimited leave days as long as they meet their deadline requirements.

The problem is you are given 2 many deadlines that you can never meet = no leave
Imagine trying to take 3 weeks leave under this type of system