is often expensive especially when putting an executive on garden leave
yields little to no productive work in exchange for actual salary paidrequires adherence to complicated changing laws that may restrict some aspects of garden leavemay negatively impact perception of future prospective employeesfrom an employee s standpoint much of the opposite is true the employee has meaningful paying employment via the terms of employment through a specific contract date during this employment period the employee s responsibilities are often decreased an employee is often allowed to search for a new job during this period though there are limitations on starting a new job while on garden leave an employee is often still entitled to commissions and bonuses during garden leave on the downside employees may be restricted on what they do such as start a new job or work for a competitor an employee may not find personal satisfaction in getting paid but not being able to contribute to the success of an organization an employee may end up leaving a company with a bad taste in their mouth if they are cutoff from socializing with peers in which they have developed relationships with receives paychecks for a defined period of time