Tenev: Company-wide wellness days make no sense and create operational risk
Vlad Tenev · The Near Death Experience of RobinHood | Vlad Tenev, Co-Founder · Mar 3, 2026 · at 22:02
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev explains why he eliminated COVID-era company-wide wellness days at Robinhood in favor of standard PTO.
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“I was like, I don't want to be a wellness day company. We have generous PTO. Take a PTO. And this whole idea that an entire org or team would take the same day off. That seems like a problem. What if there's an issue and we need someone? The entire org is taking a day off. Doesn't make any sense.”
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