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[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

Someone talked about how his company was willing to give someone a six month sabbatical to keep this other dude around but the guy didn't take it. I was like that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, just take it and then leave when it's over or whatever. And the person telling me this explained how he wasn't like that and wouldn't take advantage of the company. It just felt really weird. I don't experience true jealousy often but this was one of the times I have. Companies have never treated me well like that. The idea that people would just act like a 6 month sabbatical is something normal is fucking insane. I even told him that's crazy and I heard of and he said no, it's something a lot of places do. It's such an insanely privileged take to talk about it so casually.

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Just to put it into perspective, the sabbatical isn't meant to be frequent and usually you're not meant to be paid, just have a job to go back to after. If it's available, it's somewhere where you're quite senior and been working there for a long time.

For my sabbatical, I just straight up quit; I wasn't even playing to stay in the same country after it was over.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

I know, but I'm talking about someone being offered a sixonth paid sabbatical.

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