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I've taken 1.5 years worth of sabbaticals since I graduated 6 years ago. Can't recommend enough especially if you want to learn, build side projects and take better care of your health!

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Where do you work that this is possible? I graduated recently and my employer is pretty generous and flexible with vacation time, but I can't imagine asking for several months off just because I feel like it.

When you feel you need a sabbatical : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXsQAXx_ao0

I heard Intel lets some people take a short sabbatical after 10 years of employment. 1.5 years after 6 years seems unbelievable. I've personally never seen a company that allows sabbaticals in my 15 or so year career.

Are you talking about paid sabbaticals or unpaid.

My company allows unpaid sabbaticals.

Fully-paid. An "unpaid sabbatical" is basically quitting your job with a pinky-promise that you'll have it back when you decide to come back.

It's every 7 years, 2 months paid vacation. Must be taken as a contiguous block. Has a 3 year window of opportunity, then expires.

Is available to all full time employees (unless that's changed in the last 3 years)

Probably just quits and comes back to (a probably new) employer in a few months or is self-employed. I took 9 months off of work, I wouldn't call it a sabbatical but you could phrase it that way I suppose. Funemployment.

Yes, you are absolutely right!

That does sound nice, but a sabbatical usually means you're at least partially paid and you continue your old job when you come back. Also, I don't think I know anyone just out of college who could afford to do that.

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