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Sabbaticals should be more condoned in the workforce. I suspect we may see less turnover in many areas of software engineering if this was an option after say a

• kelnos 9y ago
  Absolutely agree. And if they are unpaid, and the employee can schedule them around projects finishing (or at least in places where multiple people are responsible for them so that the loss of one person isn't a big deal), there's really minimal cost to the company, but a potentially large upside.
  • ksec 9y ago
    May be even better if the unpaid sabbatical was a holiday, and paid ( or at least support ) if the period was used to contribute to open source?
    • runeb 9y ago
      If the unpaid sabbatical were a paid holiday it would be regular paid work?
• cyberpunk0 9y ago
  "Breaks"? Thats not how capitalism works, how would you squeeze every ounce of productivity from your human wage slaves before discarding them?
  • jrs95 9y ago
    Leninism or Feudalism work just fine too ;)
  • repsilat 9y ago
    Hiring people is expensive. Training people is expensive. Retaining good employees is good business sense. Encouraging employees to look after themselves can reduce costs. Helping employees be fulfilled and letting them use their judgement about what to work on (within reason) can pay dividends. Many companies recognise this, and the success of those companies and their freedom to succeed in this way are strong arguments for the capitalist system. Maybe that's what you meant. It's clear you intended some irony in your post, but I'm afraid it seems more likely that it was meant to convey distrust and aggression, not something more constructive.