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Can you get a job with a decent amount of vacation time and travel with the family during school vacations? Or have more time for hobbies/volunteering/doing what you want to do?
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I think short of working for the government, my current employer is as good as it’s going to get for work/life balance.

I start out with 4 weeks of paid vacation, adding 1 week for each year of additional service up to a maximum of 7 weeks.

Also, we are required to take a 2 hour “recess” (3 hours if you count lunch time) one day out of every week in the afternoon to do anything but work, with the condition that we’re suppose to try to use our products during that recess.

My work hours are basically from 9-6pm, though I do try to get in by 8:15am. I don’t see much email past 6pm and on the weekend, unlike at my previous employer.

I just hope this work environment lasts for another 2-3+ years.