How SAP uses 'social sabbaticals' to retain employees
By Chris Taylor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pandemic era upended the world in all sorts of ways, but one of the most fascinating is the so-called 'Great Resignation.' Employees are moving out of their previous roles in numbers not seen for decades.
Here is an idea to keep employees challenged and engaged, instead of heading elsewhere: the 'social sabbatical.'
The brainchild of enterprise software firm SAP – inspired by others with similar programs, like IBM – social sabbaticals take selected employees away from their 9-to-5 roles and throw them an intriguing challenge somewhere around the globe while working with a team to solve real problems.
Heading up that program is SAP's global head of corporate social responsibility, Alexandra van der Ploeg. She spoke with Reuters about the value ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pandemic era upended the world in all sorts of ways, but one of the most fascinating is the so-called 'Great Resignation.' Employees are moving out of their previous roles in numbers not seen for decades.
Here is an idea to keep employees challenged and engaged, instead of heading elsewhere: the 'social sabbatical.'
The brainchild of enterprise software firm SAP – inspired by others with similar programs, like IBM – social sabbaticals take selected employees away from their 9-to-5 roles and throw them an intriguing challenge somewhere around the globe while working with a team to solve real problems.
Heading up that program is SAP's global head of corporate social responsibility, Alexandra van der Ploeg. She spoke with Reuters about the value ...
Read More on Datafloq
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