FullContact : The Case for No-Contact Vacations / Peggy Sue Loroz, Molly Bartlett Pepper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loroz, Peggy Sue, author.

Pepper, Molly Bartlett, author.

Series:

SAGE Business cases.

SAGE Business cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Society for Case Research, 2025.

Summary:

Full Contact was a technology company whose core values included being "awesome with people." This was reflected in the mission of the business and guided the manner in which the organization strived to treat its stakeholders. CEO and Co-Founder Bart Lorang gained substantial media attention when he introduced "Paid Paid Vacation" (PPV) as a benefit for his employees. Under the policy, employees who completely disconnected from work during a vacation each year were paid an additional 7,500 dollar to fund the trip. Lorang came up with the policy after realizing that he was unable to leave work behind while on vacation, a problem he wanted to fix. For Lorang, the PPV policy embodied his care for employees and also helped to ensure that Full Contact had no single point of failure; that is, employees had to share information consistently in order to make sure progress continued in their absences. In addition, the benefit was effective in helping to attract, motivate, and retain employees in a competitive technology labor market. The case prompts students to examine the organizational culture of FullContact and consider how employee benefits reflect and reinforce that culture. In addition, students consider the usefulness of PPV in attracting, motivating, and retaining employees; and evaluate whether the policy fits with the company mission.

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ISBN:

9781071979648

1071979647

OCLC:

1483993989