Paid week off | Was Bumble's approach the right way to manage wellbeing?

In mid-June, it was revealed that the dating app Bumble would be closed for one week to give its entire workforce time off to destress and recharge.

In a now-deleted tweet, the employer’s Head of Content praised the Chief Executive’s decision to give staff this paid time off.

Writing on Twitter, Clare O’Connor said that the firm’s bosses had “correctly intuited our collective burnout”.

Bumble Spokeswoman, Rosanna Sacks, later confirmed this week off to Sky News, explaining: "Like everyone, our global team has had a very challenging time during the pandemic.