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Thank you for sharing! I requested my job give me 2 months off (unpaid) so I can move into a new house and get everything set up, but was told "just use your v

• kaycebasques 5y ago
  > I requested my job give me 2 months off (unpaid) so I can move into a new house and get everything set up (Sharing how things worked at Google for your reference and in case anyone else is in a similar position) I believe Google has decent support for unpaid leave. I never used it so I don't know for sure. But I think you could request unpaid leave as needed. They also had a sabbatical program up to 3 months. I believe it was essentially the same thing as unpaid leave, but it perhaps sent the message that you were working on a specific project. You're still considered a Google employee though so if you went off and built the next big thing, Google could assert ownership over it. The key thing with any of the unpaid leave is that you have to be on good terms with your team because you're essentially still occupying 1 of their headcount while you're gone. I also learned that Australia has a countrywide (?) sabbatical policy for long-term workers. I believe it was 10 years. I.e. after 10 years, you are entitled to a long paid leave (3 months?). > I intend to take many months off when I eventually switch companies (however many years from now that is). When I joined Google in 2015 I told them I needed a few months to wrap up my current job and then a month to travel around Europe. They weren't thrilled about it but they let me do it.