“I decided to give our whole staff the month of August off–paid”

> One entrepreneur recently observed the “utter, soul-crushing exhaustion” on the faces of her employees during a Zoom call and decided to make the radical decision of shutting down her business for a full month to give them time to rest and reenergize.

Can't they just be flogged less hard on an ongoing basis?

I like the sentiment, a month might be a bit long though. For many businesses, something like 4 day weeks might be more achievable.

This is standard in Europe. I wish more companies in the US would follow suite with humane vacations.