Time off is the true key to attracting and retaining great employees, believes Craig Callaway, CEO of eCompanyStore, a 130-person firm based in Alpharetta, GA. “There’s only so much money you can pay people,” says Callaway. “What you can really give them that makes the difference is free time to spend with their families.”

So, eCompanyStore gives every employee, with the exception of highly-commissioned salespeople who are eligible for incentive trips, a 21-day mandatory sabbatical every five years. That’s in addition to any regular time off they’re entitled to. “I want people to take the kind of trip they’d never take in a regular week’s vacation,” Callaway says. “We want people to do life-changing stuff and come back revitalized.”