
Richard Branson made waves last month by announcing the Virgin Group will observe the lead of several Silicon Valley startups and provide unlimited paid vacation.
Is this a “Jedi Mind Trick” targeted at saving cash while keeping secretly keeping employees chained with their digital desks? Recent pieces with time, BusinessWeek and THE BRAND NEW York Times suggest so.
Criticism of unlimited vacation policies fall into two opposite camps: employees will abuse the policy and take a lot of time off or employees will need virtually no time off.