Today's Consumer: The New Paid Vacation: Why Some Companies Are Paying Workers to 'Go Away'

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Event Location(s): Hawaii, San Francisco, California, Chicago, Illinois, Lindon, Utah | Description: INT LINDON, UTAH Panning shot of people working at computers in BambooHR office. MS: Rear shot of woman working at desk. MS: Two men laugh. Panning shot of people working at computers. MS: People in meeting. MS: In interview with NBC News Correspondent Joe Fryer, employee Taylor Perkins says, "I was so excited, everyone teases me because I just started crying." MS: Perkins and co-worker work at computer. GFX: Supers "PAID PAID VACATION" GFX: Insert vacation photos of BambooHR employees GFX: Spers “$2000” INT MS: In walk and talk with Fryer in the office, BambooHR Chief Operating Officer Ryan Sanders says, "There were great reactions, a lot of excited cheering." MS: Sanders in walk and talk with Fryer in the office. MS: Employees work at computers. EXT DAY AND UNDERWATER MS: A couple goes underwater to snorkel. UNDERWATER MS: People scuba dive. INT MS: In interview, Sanders says, "If you were to get just a regular bonus, those go to groceries and braces and things like that. But when you have a bonus that's available only when you take a vacation, then you have to go and think, 'OK, what can we do?'" STILLS Vacation photos of BambooHR employees INT MS: In interview, Fryer says, "Did it make you think, 'I really, finally can take a vacation?'" Perkins says, "Yes! I finally can, I can go." STILLS Vacation photo of Perkins and her husband in Paris INT MS: Employee Heather Collins (ph) works at computer. STILLS Vacation photo of Collins and her husband in Hawaii INT MS: Employee Jordon Ayala (ph) works at computer. STILLS Vacation photo of Ayala and his girlfriend in Hawaii Vacation photo of Ayala proposing to his girlfriend INT MS: In interview, Ayala says, "Oh yeah, yeah, definitely. She said yes, so we're good, we're married now." STILLS Photo of Ayala and then-fiancée wearing her engagement ring GFX: Graphics note BambooHR is bucking a national trend, one survey finds US workers only take 51% of their eligible time off. GFX: List of companies that officer “paid paid vacations”. GFX: Graphics note Basecamp pays for 1 trip per year. INT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS MS: In interview, Basecamp CEO Jason Fried says, "While we think we're squeezing more time or productivity out of people, if they're tired, you're not gonna get good work out of people, so I think it's important for people to be recharged." BRIEF CUTS: Basecamp employees assemble booklet. GFX: Map of the world highlighting Iceland, Croatia, South Africa, China, Costa Rica. INT MS: In interview, woman says, "My passport looks awesome." STILLS Insert vacations photos INT MS: In interview, Basecamp employee Jonas Downey says, "I was kind of a homebody, and so the benefit forced me to get out and experience the world, and it's been amazing." INT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA MS: Betabrand executive reveals his company’s “Flyaway” vacation. MS: Employees applaud. MS: Employees applaud. MS: Belly dancer performs. GFX: Graphics indicate Betabrand’s “Flyaway Program”. INT MS: Employee opens up envelope revealing Flyaway vacation to be Amsterdam. MS: Employee cheers. EXT DAY MS: Employees climb into van. EXT DAY MS: Pyramid. MS: Woman holds up pyramid ring inn foreground to the pyramid. INT MS: Woman floats in the water. INT MS: BambooHR employees work. MS: In interview, Fryer says, "Have you started planning your next vacation?" Perkins says, "Oh, man, there's so many things we wanna do, it's hard! I think we want to go to Hawaii, we're ready for a tropical thing." EXT DAY HAWAII HIGH WS: The ocean seem from the shoreline. WS: Sunset. AERIAL: Waterfall. MS: Hula dancers perform. MS: Dancers perform. MS: Man surfs. WS: Surf rolls up to the shoreline. VO: Fryer signs off from Lindon, Utah.