An additional week offline, paid, every year.

<aside> 📅 2024 No FOMO Week Dates: 25th December - 31st December 2024

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Late December is typically quieter for us in terms of shipping, traffic, and customer needs. We see this as a unique opportunity for everyone to take some time off.

We are all for everyone finding time throughout the year to book time off and balance work and life themselves, but we have introduced this all-team closure to take a strong stance on our belief that being able to switch off properly will help our team to live a better work life.

Whilst we have PTO available for use throughout the year, sometimes it leads to a 'Slack catch-up' when you return. Sometimes, there is also the temptation to check Slack during time off, just to make sure everything is OK.

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<aside> â›” During No FOMO week, we are essentially 'closed'. No shipping, no posting on Slack, and no Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO).

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We still want you to be able to book holidays and use your PTO when you want to, but we have added this extra set week off so we can count on everyone having some dedicated, no-excuses time to disconnect from work.

We made the time off during a set period each year for two reasons:

  1. We know it is when our customers need us the least
  2. If we do it as a team we can remove the temptation to log on, as no one else will be online

The FOMO time off is paid and is in addition to your Paid Time Off 🌴.

Managers will have plans in place for critical coverage where it is absolutely necessary so you can log off knowing that everything is OK! No FOMO!

🔎 The fine print

  1. The dates are set each year and No FOMO days cannot be used outside of the No FOMO Week period (unless you are an exception to the rule in terms of critical coverage)
  2. Each year we (Operations) will specify the dates for No FOMO Week ahead of time and it will always be during December/January.
  3. No FOMO days don't accrue or roll over and are not paid out.
  4. No FOMO week will be logged in your Float schedule automatically

<aside> 💡 Have questions about NO FOMO? No worries, send your manager a DM on Slack.

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