Adobe Shuts Down for a Week

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12716554

by mcav • 17 years ago

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ojbyrne4• 17 years ago

Since people are still getting paid, according to my reading of the article, it's almost European. By that I mean that many companies in France and Spain generally shut down in July or August all at once. There's probably is an overall benefit to just about everyone (not just the company, but the country) taking their vacation at the same time.

bigbang• 17 years ago

Not exactly , from the article - "Adobe said employees are asked to use paid vacation days during the closures."

ojbyrne4• 17 years ago

Isn't that the same thing? They're being forced to take vacation at specific times. Just like they do in Europe.

davidw5• 17 years ago

> probably is an overall benefit to just about everyone

Disagree: the roads are packed, the hotels are packed, airlines raise prices a lot, and there's nothing you can do about it if you're forced to go then. I've always taken my vacations in July or September and remained in Padova during August, which is great - it's empty and has a relaxed, easy going feel which is absent during the rest of the year.

Also, if you're running a company that for some reason wants to stay open (by, say, letting your employees choose their own vacation time and having them not all go at once), you might still have a hard time of it because your suppliers and clients are all closed too.

Long vacations are good, but I don't care so much for the mass exodus in August.

ojbyrne4• 17 years ago

It's good to hear the opposite arguments, and they're good ones, though those all seem to be specific to employees. From the company viewpoint often having employees leave for vacation individually is disruptive. Especially in so called knowledge based industries. I'm not really wedded to my theory, just kibitzing.

danbmil99• 17 years ago

I've been interviewing at Adobe (strange but true) -- my interviewer said the shutdowns force people to use up their vacation pay. In CA, when you lay someone off, you have to pay them all their accrued vac. pay, which could add up to several months. The issue is that this is a liability on their books, which can affect their earnings as a public co.

No idea if this is really the reason or just what the top brass say to the worker bees.

jcl• 17 years ago

I'd guess it's only part of the reason. The company has other ways to limit liability that don't constrain employees as much; for example they could limit the number of days that you are allowed to roll over each year.

Adobe Shuts Down for a Week

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