A Japanese Company Is Giving Nonsmokers Longer Vacations (fastcompany.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday November 1, 2017 @08:40AM from the interesting-moves dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Marketing firm Piala introduced the new policy in September after nonsmokers complained that they were working more than their colleagues who smoked. The company's offices are reportedly on the 29th floor, meaning that popping out for a smoke break meant a solid 15 minutes away from work. Multiply that by several smoke breaks a day, and the hours start to add up, which began to tick off nonsmoking coworkers. A spokesman for the company told The Telegraph that one of those nonsmokers slipped a note in the company's suggestion box and the CEO agreed. Now nonsmokers are entitled to more vacation time, which the company hopes will encourage smokers to quit their filthy habit.

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If I worked at a Japanese company by Anonymous Coward · 2017-11-01 08:42 · Score: 0, Funny

I would take a real long vacation at that forest where everyone commits sudoku
1. Re:If I worked at a Japanese company by Captain+Splendid · 2017-11-01 08:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  What a coincidence! I, too, like completing puzzles during my lunch hour. Maybe we can be friends?
  
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Re:Wait.... what? by Anonymous Coward · 2017-11-01 09:03 · Score: 0, Funny

I see you're unfamiliar with the concept of salaried positions.
Re:That's great and all ... by DontBeAMoran · 2017-11-01 13:34 · Score: 3, Funny

Smoking and social media... you guys are disgusting. Some of us are civilized and watch porn during work.

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