Many workers in the healthcare industry find themselves juggling professional responsibilities and family obligations. In addition to meeting career demands, their priorities include picking up their children from daycare on time, attending special events at their children’s schools, and carpooling to basketball practices. , caring for elderly parents, etc.
Family-friendly employers are finding ways to support their staff’s needs outside the office through accommodations and generous benefits.
“We want you to know that you can work and still be a complete human being,” said Alicia Raymond. b.Well Connected Healtha digital health platform based in Baltimore.
The organization offers unlimited paid vacation. Staff do not take leave and do not report their days to the payroll department.
“Paid time off is primarily tracked by employees and their managers,” says Raymond.
Company leaders motivate managers to create an environment in which employees can take time off when needed and intervene with coworkers who are on vacation. But during the pandemic, officials began to suspect staff were not using enough time to fully recharge and reset.They updated their policy and asked employees to quarterly Explicitly urged her to take a week off.
“We try to encourage behavior change, so we communicate that to new hires and employees,” Raymond said.
At b.well, we have never seen abusing the PTO policy with about 125 employees who are all working remotely. Raymond attributes the behavior to “the honesty, ethics and professionalism we look for when hiring.”
