We have also adopted business casual in the summer, and that policy has remained in place throughout the year with Fridays jean-casual. We've been very successful in recruiting new employees, and this is part of it. Geralyn Curtis, founder and owner of the Chesapeake Group in the Baldwin Building in Eden Park, started letting her 20 employees head home early on Fridays back in 1996. It's not the only thing that has contributed, but it is an example of our flexibility and teamwork. And we've found that productivity on Jammin Fridays is as high as on normal workdays.
Designers take great pride in what they do.
What does happen is that teams give the work to the person who does it best. We also give employees time off between Christmas and New Year's. Senior designers are also encouraged to take time off in addi tion to paid vacation to pursue a professional interest. Trips are offered as a recognition of the employee's value to the company and as an incentive to the junior designers to excel. We've added people, but we've not had anybody leave.