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I hate society. So some people get to take 6 months off doing absolutely nothing for the company and still get paid whereas their colleagues are probably gettin
by brian-n-millar 5y ago
I hate society. So some people get to take 6 months off doing absolutely nothing for the company and still get paid whereas their colleagues are probably getting written up for being 5 mins late back from lunch or taking too many toilet breaks. So fair. Why can't I get paid to work on a personal project for 6 months?
- benjamir 5y agoIs it societies fault your employer is that anal retentive?
- boring_twenties 5y agoSociety has concluded that the expected return to it from your raising a child is much higher than working on your pet project. I don't/won't have kids either but it doesn't seem all that unreasonable to me?
- shawabawa3 5y agoNobody at Google is getting written up for being 5 mins late (at least nobody out of the people offered 6months parental leave) But also, what a depressing zero sum world view. Not everyone wants or has kids but we can still be happy about people having some time off if they do
- svachalek 5y agoGoogle used to offer that, paid sabbatical. But people tended to never come back which made it counterproductive as a retention benefit, and it went away.