The details are in the article above. In short, there is only one reason for acquiring it. When you feel at a particular point in time that this IS the turning point in your life, you can apply to use the vacation leave. Once it is accepted, you will be granted up to 5 days of leave vacation a year.
In this article, I will write about the keyword “turning-point” in relation to the above announcement.
Why such a name?
First of all, mgn has already offers a variety of leave programs, and it is very easy to get paid leave. Of course, ‘congratulations’ and ‘condolence’ leave were also available.
One day, a thought suddenly comes to my mind. I realized that marriage is not something that all of us will necessarily experience. So is it possible to create vacations that accommodate as many different cases as possible? Some mgn members spontaneously started discussing this. And that is how the name, “Turning-Point Vacation” was born.
Turning points are everywhere in life
A lot of things happen in life
Birth. College enrollment. Employment. Encounters and partings. Career changes are no exception either. However, only a small percentage of these may be applicable to apply for the specific leave program. Even though some can be handle with paid leaves, not all of them can be applied for paid leaves. At mgn, we decided to call some of these reasons as a turning point in life.
In fact, it may be easier to understand a turning point as, in retrospect, this was the turning point… Turning points varies from person to person and it is almost impossible to cover them all.
An example of a turning point
As an example, let’s look at marriage. Some people get married. On the other hand, some do not. There are certainly relationships such as de facto marriages and partnerships that have yet to be recognized or defined by documents, so to speak. The encounter with each person’s loved ones is a turning point.
Even if we take breakups as an example, the subject is not necessarily only people. It may not only be close relationships. A person/guess who is not an acquaintance, but whom you respect one way or the other. There are many things. This would be another turning point.
Encounters and breakups are just one obvious example. As things happens in your life with or involving the people you know, you may experience a great emotional disturbance. It could also be an event that makes you feel like you cannot do your job very well. Sadness, happiness, and many other emotions. Different things can occur in life. This is where turning points are created. If I were to give you as many examples as I can think of, the list would be too long to fill up a blog entry.
Different forms of life, different turning points
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There are countless of turning points. It’s hard to always balance your “work” and conflicts can always arise. Even if there are only about 10 members in mgn, our lives are all different. Will having a basic common system work with everyone? If it was, we would all be troubled. If we were to label the ‘turning-point’ as another specific name of event, it would not be relatable to everyone in mgn. there will always be people who slip through the cracks.
Life belongs to the person who lives it. That is why it is important for us to value what we believe is right. First, I will discuss it with the company and its members. If there are any new patterns that emerge in such a situation, we can discuss them again and brush them up.
How to work. In other words, how to live.
Working and living are closely related. Think about how to work. This also means thinking about how to live. There is a time to “work” and a time to “not work. At mgn, in addition to this vacation, we have a variety of other time off programs, and I believe that all of them are connected to the way of working that accompanies the way of life. CEO Megane-san often says that life is not only about working, and he is absolutely right. Live without regrets. Then, I believe you will be able to work more healthily.
For now, “something” has happened in my life and I want/need to take a break from work. If I don’t do this now, I will regret it…. The Turning Point Leave was designed to be used in such a case (let’s try to make it so). It was created with the aim of making it as perfect as possible.
Incidentally, there was also the idea of a “vacation for when emotions are too intense. I, Saito, said, “I’m emotionally intense to begin with, so I’d take a vacation all the time.” I think I objected to that (laughs).
How do you coordinate your work, how do you do it?
Of course, work is busy. When you are working, it is a little difficult to ask for time off… Such things can happen. However,Principle of mgnAs stated in the “What is the best way to make sure we are all working together as a team to cover for those who are absent for whatever reason? If there is a foreseeable schedule, we will make adjustments to the work. We always help each other out, even if it is unexpected. We always ask each other “Is there anything we can do for you? I feel that this leave system was born out of a culture of asking each other, “Is there anything I can do to help?
Has anyone used it? What are their thoughts on it?
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For your information, one member is currently enrolled in the program. We asked the member what he thought about it!
We were able to get 5 days and enjoy a short trip to a distant “memorable place for both of us” to join the wedding. We were able to experience things that we would not have been able to do otherwise on weekdays, and we were happy that we were able to get a week together with weekends.
They took advantage of the holiday right after it was instituted, so it was great to hear from them, including their impressions. According to a member, “the anniversary (anniversary, etc.) live performance of a guess is a turning point” (laughs).
Summary
The Turning Point in Life vacation was created to deal with as many different cases as possible. We have tried to mention turning points, including examples of actual use.
It is of course interesting to see how these things are decided with such a light footwork, but I am also very much looking forward to seeing how it will take shape and who will use it! I am very much looking forward to seeing how it will take shape, who will use it, and how it will be used!
