Google is providing employees an additional holiday ahead of Labor Day. The concept is to avoid employee burnout amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The search engine giant is marking Friday i.e. September 4 as a one-time paid holiday to preserve ‘collective wellbeing’ as the pandemic enters its seventh month, reported CNBC citing company documents
The extra day off will turn the Labor Day holiday into a four-day weekend. Labour Day is celebrated on September 7 in the United States.
An internal forum for employees reportedly said, “We strongly encourage you to take this day off and managers should actively support their team to reprioritize work commitments in order to do so.”
The company reportedly said, “This extra holiday is specific to 2020 to support Googlers’ wellbeing in light of COVID-19. Please take the time to do whatever you need for yourselves.”
