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Apple used to have sabbaticals until 1997 or so (6 paid weeks off every 5 years). Anecdotally, I heard that many employees used the leisure time to look for new

Apple used to have sabbaticals until 1997 or so (6 paid weeks off every 5 years). Anecdotally, I heard that many employees used the leisure time to look for new jobs, but that may have been due to the turmoils Apple was undergoing in the 1990s.

y7 9y ago
6 paid weeks off is hardly a sabbatical. For many jobs in the EU you get that many vacation days anyway each year.
ajuc 9y ago
That's about as much as people in EU get per year :)