The Midtown Group’s sabbatical policy helps retain its most valued employees.
Jesse Barkers missed his native country of Ghana. He also missed his grandmother, who had raised him there. A payroll manager at the Washington, D.C.-based staffing firm the Midtown Group, Barkers had returned to his home country only once since immigrating to the U.S. in 2007, at the age of 23. In 2022, he had the opportunity to return for an extended stay and to bring his wife and family. Barkers has five children,