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Yea, the article title can practically considered clickbait when this is the resultant change in benefits. Neither my wife or I had a need to be home for an ent
by hesdeadjim 8y ago
Yea, the article title can practically considered clickbait when this is the resultant change in benefits. Neither my wife or I had a need to be home for an entire year with our child. Three months for me would've been perfect, six would've been a vacation, and six months plus $20k to cover my daycare expenses for the year would've been... well, words fail me.
- bargl 8y agoOK, I read this felt a wave of relief. I'm not the only one. 1 year off sounds like torture to me. I'm not saying 1 year with my kid is torture. 1 year in the Caribbean would also be torture to me. I get cabin fever after a few weeks. My company did give me 1 month and it was awesome. I was also very happy to return to work after 2 (1 month unpaid). It was refreshing to engage that part of my brain again.
- hesdeadjim 8y agoYea I have zero desire to be off from work for that long. I took a sabbatical/break between projects from May until around September this year. I put myself under no real pressure to do anything, and during the weekdays I was free to go mountain biking and do whatever else I felt like. Yet still I worked on random projects for about 60% of the time the entire break. I just crave the deep flow state that comes from building things too much.
- sampo 8y ago> six would've been a vacation I assume you were at home together with your wife? Or are you calling staying at home alone with a 6 months to 1 year old toddler a vacation?
- hesdeadjim 8y agoIf it were both my wife and I home with the infant for six months, yes I would call that a vacation. Home alone? Abso-freaking-lutely not a vacation haha.