NY Times introduces ‘global days off’ to offset pandemic burnout

The New York Times is trying to beat back feelings of COVID-19 burnout with “global days off.”

The Gray Lady told staffers last week that its adding three extra days off for the remainder of the year — one per quarter — in an effort to offset the “burnout” and “exhaustion” that staffers have been feeling as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Recognizing how hard the past year has felt, today we’re announcing the launch of quarterly Global Days Off for the remaining three quarters of 2021,” said the memo from executive editor Dean Baquet, CEO Meredith Kopit Levien and chief human resources office Jacqueline Welch.