Offering sabbaticals can improve the performance and happiness of employees and help companies hang onto their talent longer. But they shouldn’t be offered without carefully considering the consequences on the business. We chatted to Linnea Bywall, head of people at Alva Labs, a Stockholm-based digital hiring platform, about how startups can implement sabbaticals — with less collateral damage.
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