Patagonia is taking off the last week of the year again in 2022 and providing all North American employees with paid time off.
Signaling that not much has changed since the ownership structure of the company changed this past year (see Patagonia’s Next Chapter here), company CEO Ryan Gellert, shown above, took to social media to announce that after strong results from 2021 closures, the company would offer the program again this year.
“In 2021, we closed our stores, warehouse and offices in the United States and Canada for the last week of the year and gave employees paid time off,” Gellert posted on his LinkedIn account this week. “The purpose was to provide our employees with a much-needed break, and our customers were overwhelmingly gracious about it.”
Gellert continued, “Our North America stores, customer service operations and warehouse will be closed from December 25 through January 1 because we believe in providing quality of life for our people. I want to thank Patagonia’s incredible employees for an amazing year of working to save our home planet, and I want to thank our nonprofit partners and customers for their continued support and friendship.
“We’ll be back at work and recharged on January 2, ready to ship the orders, help exchange unwanted gifts and repair clothing that was broken while people were outside having fun. Until then, seasons greetings to you and yours.”
Photo courtesy Patagonia
