愛德曼

????公關巨頭愛德曼公司（Edelman）的美國人力資源管理總監勞拉?史密斯說：“理查德?愛德曼很早就有一個愿景，要讓我們員工的生活多姿多彩。他教導我們，為了給客戶做到最好，我們需要豐富、豐滿的生活，而不只是每天兩點一線地上下班?！?/p>

????為了實現這個愿景，愛德曼公司推出了一個“越獄”計劃，為15名員工提供了一個星期的帶薪休假和1,000美元的資金，讓他們從事一個個人項目或目標?！霸姜z”計劃的贏家有的前往海地的孤兒院里做過義工，有的陪患病的親屬度過了一段時間，還有的則拜訪了駐外美軍的隨軍家屬。

????史密斯說：“這絕對是留住人才的一個好辦法”。她指出，“越獄”計劃的贏家大多數十年后還在公司里工作。“不管他們進行的是哪種活動，每個人在結束活動回到公司后，都對我們說，他們對公司有了全新的感受?！?/p>

????比如家住紐約的高級客戶主任大衛?麥肯齊就請了兩個星期的假，去了肯尼亞南部一個名叫希姆尼的沿海村莊。那里的艾滋病、肺結核發病率很高，村民普遍營養不良。在全球視野國際（Global Vision International）的贊助下，麥肯齊在一家診所里工作了一段時間，給嬰兒測量體重，設計健康問題的課程教案，同時講授電腦課程。

Edelman

????"Richard Edelman has long had a vision for our employees to live in color," says Laura Smith, U.S. human resources managing director for public relations giant Edelman. "He taught us that in order to be the best for our clients we needed well-rounded, enriched lives, where we do more than go to work and come home."

????One manifestation of that vision is Edelman Escape, a program that gives one paid week off and $1,000 to 15 employees so they can pursue a personal project or goal. Winners of an Escape have done everything from volunteer at an orphanage in Haiti, spend time with a sick relative, or meet up with a military spouse who's been deployed abroad.

????"It's definitely a retention tool," Smith says, noting that most of the Escape winners are still with the firm a decade later. "Everybody that comes back, regardless of the type of Escape, tells us it shed new light on how they feel about the company."

????Take David McKenzie, a senior account executive in New York, who added two weeks of personal time off to go to Shimoni, a village on the south coast of Kenya with high rates of HIV, tuberculosis, and malnutrition. Under the auspices of Global Vision International, McKenzie worked in a clinic, weighing babies, creating lesson plans about health issues, and teaching computer classes.