Canada's Top 100 Employers (2025) Magazine - Flipbook - Page 5
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( 2025 )
AS TIME GOES BY
(CONT.)
– Craig Senyk, Board Chair
MAWER INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT LTD.
In St. John’s, fraud-detection firm
Nasdaq Verafin, a long-standing
winner, has offered unlimited time
off for years. To executive vice-president Stephanie Champion, it’s
essential to company strategy. “This
benefit is highly appreciated by our
employees,” she says, “and it plays a
crucial role in fuelling recruitment
as we scale our business for growth.”
All of which means there’s almost
surely more time off still to come,
little by little. “My thoughts in the
last couple of years have been, is this
how change comes?” says Yerema.
“So many people want to work from
home now. Policies like unlimited
vacation didn’t exist 25 years ago. Do
we accidentally trip into these
things? I find that an interesting
aspect that we can see in the data.”
In other words, we may be inching,
almost by stealth, toward the
four-day week.
– Berton Woodward
Mississauga-based pharmaceutical company Roche Canada starts new employees with four weeks of
annual paid vacation allowance, plus two paid personal days off each year.
MAWER
“We don’t even
have a vacation
policy. Just take
the time you need
for vacation as
well. People will
make sure that
they’re covered”
ROCHE
Mawer Investment Management
Ltd., where board chair Craig Senyk
notes that people often need breaks
for such issues as sickness, kid
problems, stress or a death in the
family. “And they just go, because we
say it all the time – take the time you
need. We don’t even have a vacation
policy. Just take the time you need
for vacation as well. People will
make sure that they’re covered
– that’s part of the responsibility and
accountability that comes with that
philosophy.”
Mawer Investment Management in Calgary helps employees plan for life after work with retirement
planning assistance and generous matching RSP contributions.
