🌊 Vacation & Leave

Vacation

ReadMe offers employees an unlimited paid vacation policy. Since vacation is not limited, sick days are counted within this vacation policy. We believe that spending time away from work will help employees do better work, and thus require all employees to take at least three weeks of vacation per year. Days off should also be recorded through Justworks

When you're on vacation, don't check Slack! Everything there can wait!

New parent leave

ReadMe offers paid parental leave for all full-time employees, regardless of gender or sexual identity, after the birth or adoption of a child. The leave should be taken within a year after the birth or adoption of the child.

Birth parents / primary caregivers receive 16 weeks of paid leave. A primary caregiver is the parent who will be the child's main caregiver following birth or adoption. Non-birth parents / non-primary caregivers receive 12 weeks of paid leave. This time is for the new parent to welcome the newborn or newly-adopted child(ren) into their home and family.

Employees should give the rest of the team as much notice as possible before they take new parent leave, though there is no requirement for how far in advance notification needs to be given. Parenthood can be unexpected and sensitive, but the more that a team can anticipate the absence, the easier it will be to accommodate.