TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
To combat pandemic fatigue, dating app Bumble gives employees paid week off
Change Size
Time out: Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and CEO of dating app Bumble, has given Bumble employees a paid week off starting June 21 to mitigate the effects of burnout.
(Reuters/Caitlin Ochs)
In an effort to alleviate the effects of burnout in the workplace, dating app Bumble has given its employees a paid week off.
Bumble, the dating app where only female users can make the first move, has over 700 employees worldwide. They will go back to the office on June 28.
A spokesperson for Bumble informed CNBC that the week off was in addition to the company’s normal vacation allowance.
In an email to NBC News, a Bumble spokesperson wrote, "As vaccination rates increase and restrictions ease, we wanted to give our global teams a paid week off to rest and refresh after what’s been an incredibly challenging time for everyone.”
The year 2021 has been a busy one for Bumble: it had its stock market debut last February, and has seen a surge in users ever since quarantine started in March 2020.
Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and CEO of Bumble, became the youngest self-made female billionaire at age 31 when she took the company public.
Clare O’Connor, the head of editorial content at Bumble, said in a tweet that has since been deleted, “In the US especially, where vacation days are notoriously scarce, [the initiative] feels like a big deal.”
Other companies have also been taking steps to mitigate burnout by granting their employees paid intervals of time off work. One such example is LinkedIn; the professional networking site gave its employees the week of April 5 off.
Teuila Hanson, LinkedIn's chief people officer, told CNN Business, "We wanted to make sure we could give them something really valuable, and what we think is most valuable right now is time for all of us to collectively walk away."
