About two in three investors believe that stocks of companies offering unlimited time off could outperform the S&P 500,Bloomberg's weekly Markets Live Pulse survey took place between August 7 and 11 and reached 1,061 respondents.
Of those surveyed, 65% of professional investors and 57% of retail investors believed unlimited vacation companies could outperform the S&P 500's performance. However, only 18%, or less than 1 in 5, believe the trend of unlimited vacation time is likely to take off. And this benefit is still not widespread — only around 12% of respondents indicated that their company adopts this policy.
Instead, over half of those surveyed believe the four-day workweek could dominate as a workplace trend, followed by 20% who think that sabbatical policies would.Post-pandemic, employee appetite for unlimited time off skyrocketed. In 2022,However, that interest has not been matched by company policy.