This week, Bumble's more than 750 employees are taking the week off. In an email to USA TODAY, the dating app confirmed all its workers will have this week as a paid vacation to allow them to relax and refresh as COVID-19 pandemic restrictions ease and vaccinations rise. Bumble will still have some staff members on hand to make sure the app continues to operate normally -- who will receive a separate paid week off, according to the company. CNN reported that Bumble staffer Clare O'Connor wrote in a since-deleted Tweet the dating app's founder and CEO, Whitney Wolfe Herd, made the decision to provide paid time off after picking up on employees' "collective burnout." Launched in 2014, Bumble made a splash in the dating app pool by requiring women to make the first move when attempting a match.

The popular app is looking to launch a special feature called BumbleBuzz that will aim to match those looking to connect in a professional capacity, a la LinkedIn. You'll be allowed to create a profile for those encounters alone, which will be kept completely separate from your dating profile, which will offer information such as the type of industry you're in, your education level and other tidbits that can be used to help find you a match. A special algorithm will be utilized for these purposes, which will not include gender. This means there may often be same-sex matches in addition to those of the opposite sex. Keeping true to Bumble's origins, however, women are expected to initiate a conversation after a match is made even in this professional mode.