So one of my senior mobile engineers, the one that I previously said was working out of his RV/trailer traveling the US, decided to resign from my company. He’s going on a 6 month hike from the mexican border to the canadian border.
I was like, man that’s cool. I wish I did that when I was younger. So I tell my boss’s boss that his last day will be next week. To my surprise, my boss’s boss told me to ask him if he was interested in going on a 6 month sabbatical. I didn’t even know sabbatical existed at my company. I was told, “not officially”…. lol….[/quote]
Sounds like your boss knows how difficult/impossible it will be to replace a senior engineer. And here we are kicking around the idea that remote work is on the way out. Maybe we should kick harder so it goes away?[/quote]
I know how hard it is to replace a good senior engineer, but I didn’t think it was possible to compete against “I’m going on a 6 month hiking trip”. He’s taking the sabbatical deal. Lol…[/quote]
What a great idea! Sabbatical for me also! Got the ok from the boss[/quote]
I am sad to see him go for 6 months but I would totally do it before I settle down. Going on a hiking trip from border to border is one of those once in a life time events, and job security 6 months after he’s done is probably a once in lifetime arrangement from a once in lifetime cool boss and boss’s boss.
