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I'm curious to read about what it means to "de-stress" from work but I think you forgot the [1] citation. Maybe this is not common, but if I worked at a compan

I'm curious to read about what it means to "de-stress" from work but I think you forgot the [1] citation. Maybe this is not common, but if I worked at a company with "unlimited vacation", I would definitely take extended vacations occasionally. I think as long as you timed them appropriately and gave advance notice, you could easily take a week or more off.

JoeAltmaier 12y ago
Wow, so in Silicon Valley a week is an 'extended vacation'! I used to think that meant a month or more. How fast the world is changing.
- delluminatus 12y ago
  It is compared to a "long weekend" as described in the parent comment. Although it would be nice, taking a month off every year would be grail-status vacation time for a US employee I think. Also, I don't work in Silicon Valley.
  - JoeAltmaier 12y ago
    Huh. My vacation started at a month when I joined. But I usually take it a week at a time. And I work in the US, for a Silicon Valley company.
    - nerfhammer 12y ago
      which one?
- saryant 12y ago
  I work for a Boulder tech startup with an unlimited vacation policy. Last year I took a month in Japan and South Korea, I just returned from two weeks in Tokyo, Taipei and Hong Kong. I also spent two weeks in Europe earlier this year, plus some odd long weekends and a planned week away around Christmas. I think my total for 2014 comes to around six weeks. We also have a policy of working one month a year remotely from anywhere and the company pays part of the expense. I'm heading to Hanoi next year to take advantage of that. Our CEO/co-founder took his family to Australia for a month. An exception? Probably. But it works for us.
  - baq 12y ago
    as an european, i'm envious.
GFischer 12y ago
Well, here in Uruguay, you have to take 10 days minimum, at least twice a year. Plus you get close to a week off a few times a year (Easter and Carnival). So a week is nothing special here :) It has a silver lining: it forces the company to plan for backups and make processes more explicit.
- delluminatus 12y ago
  Color me envious. I currently get 10 paid vacation days total per year.
  - simon 12y ago
    Twenty years ago, back in England, I had 5 weeks of vacation and standard public holidays. I moved to the United States and after twenty years I have "progressed" to zero vacation days and all public holidays as unpaid time off.
  - GFischer 12y ago
    You won't stay envious for long if you get my paycheck :P . I'm currently considering a move to the U.S. (the grass is always greener on the other side).
vidarh 12y ago
In large parts of Europe, 3+ weeks contiguously is the norm for summer vacations.

JoeAltmaier 12y ago

Wow, so in Silicon Valley a week is an 'extended vacation'! I used to think that meant a month or more. How fast the world is changing.

delluminatus 12y ago
It is compared to a "long weekend" as described in the parent comment. Although it would be nice, taking a month off every year would be grail-status vacation time for a US employee I think. Also, I don't work in Silicon Valley.
- JoeAltmaier 12y ago
  Huh. My vacation started at a month when I joined. But I usually take it a week at a time. And I work in the US, for a Silicon Valley company.
  - nerfhammer 12y ago
    which one?
saryant 12y ago
I work for a Boulder tech startup with an unlimited vacation policy. Last year I took a month in Japan and South Korea, I just returned from two weeks in Tokyo, Taipei and Hong Kong. I also spent two weeks in Europe earlier this year, plus some odd long weekends and a planned week away around Christmas. I think my total for 2014 comes to around six weeks. We also have a policy of working one month a year remotely from anywhere and the company pays part of the expense. I'm heading to Hanoi next year to take advantage of that. Our CEO/co-founder took his family to Australia for a month. An exception? Probably. But it works for us.
- baq 12y ago
  as an european, i'm envious.

GFischer 12y ago

Well, here in Uruguay, you have to take 10 days minimum, at least twice a year. Plus you get close to a week off a few times a year (Easter and Carnival). So a week is nothing special here :) It has a silver lining: it forces the company to plan for backups and make processes more explicit.

delluminatus 12y ago
Color me envious. I currently get 10 paid vacation days total per year.
- simon 12y ago
  Twenty years ago, back in England, I had 5 weeks of vacation and standard public holidays. I moved to the United States and after twenty years I have "progressed" to zero vacation days and all public holidays as unpaid time off.
- GFischer 12y ago
  You won't stay envious for long if you get my paycheck :P . I'm currently considering a move to the U.S. (the grass is always greener on the other side).

vidarh 12y ago

In large parts of Europe, 3+ weeks contiguously is the norm for summer vacations.