Everyone has free unlimited holidays

Yeah… I know… It seems impossible.

But it is true!

Unlimited holidays only work if people actually use them. Rest is part of performance: at Pack we measure results, not hours. Taking time off is expected, not a favour you need to justify.

1. How it works 🔍

If you are an employee

HR registers the holidays set in your employment contract on your behalf, so that the balance between accrued and taken holidays always stays at zero. You don't need to track any counter.

So you can take the amount of holiday you need.

If you are a freelancer

There is no admin to do, neither for you nor for us.

So you can take the amount of holiday you need, all year long.

Recommended minimum: take at least 5 weeks off 🌴

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We recommend taking at least 25 working days off per year, public holidays excluded, ideally with at least one block of 2 consecutive weeks to really disconnect.

It's a floor, not a cap: there is no maximum. The founders are the first to take plenty of holidays, and nobody at Pack wants people to burn out.

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Why a minimum? Because unlimited policies, without one, often end up with people taking less time off, not more:

• Employees on unlimited PTO take on average only ~12 days off per year, barely more than on traditional plans (Namely).
• In a 40-year follow-up of the Helsinki Businessmen Study, men taking 3 weeks of annual vacation or less had a 37% higher risk of death than those taking more (European Society of Cardiology, 2018).
• Working 55+ hours a week is linked to a 35% higher risk of stroke and 17% higher risk of dying from heart disease versus 35–40 hours (WHO / ILO, 2021).

🎬 For inspiration: Stefan Sagmeister – The power of time off (TED). Every 7 years he closes his design studio for a full year, and says that's where his best ideas come from.

The 3 rules (for everyone)

1. Your goals are not compromised by the days you take ✅
2. Your team is not put in trouble (no critical deadline, client delivery or coverage gap left uncovered) ❌
3. You communicate in advance, so the team can organise ✅

What "in advance" means

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Recommended notice

• 1–2 days off → at least 1 week before
• 1 week or more → at least 1 month before
• 2 weeks or more → at least 2 months before, aligned with your referent </aside>

Before you leave:

• [ ] Block the days in Google Calendar as Out of office (so meetings are auto-declined)
• [ ] Tell your referent and your team