Anyone here take a 1yr hiatus from work?

[seattle-relo]

[quote=stockstradr]We did something kinda similar, but it was only two months, not a full year.

My wife and I backpacked through Western Europe for two months prior to our beginning to start having children (Now, a year later we just had our first child)

Back then we decided to just GO AHEAD and force our employers to give us that two months off, no matter the career cost. We so DO NOT regret that.

Looking back there are SO FEW opportunities in our lives to take that dream adventure vacation involving several months or more.

My only regret? We should have instead taken off SIX MONTHS traveling through Europe!

Our favorite memory of travling in Western Europe?

Hiking in the Swiss Alps! [/quote]

You can still do it with a small baby! My good friend and her husband backbacked through Ireland with their 4 month old – he just slept in the sling the whole time and nursed when he needed. It was a dream vacation they will never forget!

BTW – Congratulations on being a first time dad! Isn’t it incredible!

[svelte]

At my first employer, I knew a couple who did that. Rented out their house and took a year leave to explore Europe, with a verbal agreement they would return after one year.

At the end of that year, so much had changed at the company that it was doing horribly and couldn’t hire them back.

It is hard to say whether they regretted their decision, it might have been just as well for them – being with a struggling employer is no fun.

Life is short, if the idea of taking a year off appeals to you (and you can afford it), go for it. Just don’t expect things to be the same when you return.

[svelte]

At my first employer, I knew a couple who did that. Rented out their house and took a year leave to explore Europe, with a verbal agreement they would return after one year.

At the end of that year, so much had changed at the company that it was doing horribly and couldn’t hire them back.

It is hard to say whether they regretted their decision, it might have been just as well for them – being with a struggling employer is no fun.

Life is short, if the idea of taking a year off appeals to you (and you can afford it), go for it. Just don’t expect things to be the same when you return.

[svelte]

At my first employer, I knew a couple who did that. Rented out their house and took a year leave to explore Europe, with a verbal agreement they would return after one year.

At the end of that year, so much had changed at the company that it was doing horribly and couldn’t hire them back.

It is hard to say whether they regretted their decision, it might have been just as well for them – being with a struggling employer is no fun.

Life is short, if the idea of taking a year off appeals to you (and you can afford it), go for it. Just don’t expect things to be the same when you return.

[svelte]

At my first employer, I knew a couple who did that. Rented out their house and took a year leave to explore Europe, with a verbal agreement they would return after one year.

At the end of that year, so much had changed at the company that it was doing horribly and couldn’t hire them back.

It is hard to say whether they regretted their decision, it might have been just as well for them – being with a struggling employer is no fun.

Life is short, if the idea of taking a year off appeals to you (and you can afford it), go for it. Just don’t expect things to be the same when you return.

[svelte]

At my first employer, I knew a couple who did that. Rented out their house and took a year leave to explore Europe, with a verbal agreement they would return after one year.

At the end of that year, so much had changed at the company that it was doing horribly and couldn’t hire them back.

It is hard to say whether they regretted their decision, it might have been just as well for them – being with a struggling employer is no fun.

Life is short, if the idea of taking a year off appeals to you (and you can afford it), go for it. Just don’t expect things to be the same when you return.

[peterb]

I did it three times in the last decade and now it’s a way of life. But you need to be good with money. Spending and investing. I would not go back to a corporate life for any reason now.

You cant buy back time. And in the final analysis, it’s all we really have. Dont squander it. Live it!

[peterb]

I did it three times in the last decade and now it’s a way of life. But you need to be good with money. Spending and investing. I would not go back to a corporate life for any reason now.

You cant buy back time. And in the final analysis, it’s all we really have. Dont squander it. Live it!

[peterb]

I did it three times in the last decade and now it’s a way of life. But you need to be good with money. Spending and investing. I would not go back to a corporate life for any reason now.

You cant buy back time. And in the final analysis, it’s all we really have. Dont squander it. Live it!

[peterb]

I did it three times in the last decade and now it’s a way of life. But you need to be good with money. Spending and investing. I would not go back to a corporate life for any reason now.

You cant buy back time. And in the final analysis, it’s all we really have. Dont squander it. Live it!

[peterb]

I did it three times in the last decade and now it’s a way of life. But you need to be good with money. Spending and investing. I would not go back to a corporate life for any reason now.

You cant buy back time. And in the final analysis, it’s all we really have. Dont squander it. Live it!

[stockstradr]

Here’s my funny story about asking for two months off.

My boss didn’t much care for me. I worked for a global mobile phone handset provider with an R&D center in San Diego.

It was a slow time for engineering at our R&D center; i figured good time to ask for a sabatical. I was a principle staff engr so had earned it.

I asked my boss, “I would really like to take eight weeks off for a trip through Europe that my wife and I have been dreaming about for ten years. I’m giving you a couple months advance notice. You’re such a great boss, I really do appreciate your consideration of this request” *SMOOCH* *SMOOCH* …gratuitous ass kissing

He says, “NOPE! We are so busy. Sorry. We need you so much. We cannot afford to have you away for two full months”

Now, Piggington readers, are you ready for the ironic punch line that God bestowed upon this absurd scene?

A few weeks later the GM of that R&D center announces,

“All twelve hundred of you are laid off in ninety days. Now we cutting the center down to five hundred jobs, so this means we’ll have a free-for-all where you all scramble and scrap by re-applying for those five hundred remaining jobs. Sounds like fun, eh? Ready, Set, Go!”

So I had three months left of work, and ZERO job security.

I walked in my boss’ office and said, “You know that two month vacation request of mine you rejected? Well, I’m TAKING IT. All eight weeks.”

He says, “It doesn’t sound like you are ASKING my permission?”

I say, “I’m not.”

He says, “Well, I guess that’s OK for you to go for the two months! What am i gonna do after all, lay you off TWICE?”

(He had gotten his own walking papers himself, and in fact turned out did NOT get one of the five hundred remaining jobs.)

Now I am implying that I went ahead and enjoyed two months backpacking in Europe while I should have been searching for my next job, since I only had a few weeks remaining once back from vacation before getting laid off…ahh but I did have several months severance pay coming…it all worked out in the end. Found a job up in the Bay Area.

[stockstradr]

Here’s my funny story about asking for two months off.

My boss didn’t much care for me. I worked for a global mobile phone handset provider with an R&D center in San Diego.

It was a slow time for engineering at our R&D center; i figured good time to ask for a sabatical. I was a principle staff engr so had earned it.

I asked my boss, “I would really like to take eight weeks off for a trip through Europe that my wife and I have been dreaming about for ten years. I’m giving you a couple months advance notice. You’re such a great boss, I really do appreciate your consideration of this request” *SMOOCH* *SMOOCH* …gratuitous ass kissing

He says, “NOPE! We are so busy. Sorry. We need you so much. We cannot afford to have you away for two full months”

Now, Piggington readers, are you ready for the ironic punch line that God bestowed upon this absurd scene?

A few weeks later the GM of that R&D center announces,

“All twelve hundred of you are laid off in ninety days. Now we cutting the center down to five hundred jobs, so this means we’ll have a free-for-all where you all scramble and scrap by re-applying for those five hundred remaining jobs. Sounds like fun, eh? Ready, Set, Go!”

So I had three months left of work, and ZERO job security.

I walked in my boss’ office and said, “You know that two month vacation request of mine you rejected? Well, I’m TAKING IT. All eight weeks.”

He says, “It doesn’t sound like you are ASKING my permission?”

I say, “I’m not.”

He says, “Well, I guess that’s OK for you to go for the two months! What am i gonna do after all, lay you off TWICE?”

(He had gotten his own walking papers himself, and in fact turned out did NOT get one of the five hundred remaining jobs.)

Now I am implying that I went ahead and enjoyed two months backpacking in Europe while I should have been searching for my next job, since I only had a few weeks remaining once back from vacation before getting laid off…ahh but I did have several months severance pay coming…it all worked out in the end. Found a job up in the Bay Area.

[stockstradr]

Here’s my funny story about asking for two months off.

My boss didn’t much care for me. I worked for a global mobile phone handset provider with an R&D center in San Diego.

It was a slow time for engineering at our R&D center; i figured good time to ask for a sabatical. I was a principle staff engr so had earned it.

I asked my boss, “I would really like to take eight weeks off for a trip through Europe that my wife and I have been dreaming about for ten years. I’m giving you a couple months advance notice. You’re such a great boss, I really do appreciate your consideration of this request” *SMOOCH* *SMOOCH* …gratuitous ass kissing

He says, “NOPE! We are so busy. Sorry. We need you so much. We cannot afford to have you away for two full months”

Now, Piggington readers, are you ready for the ironic punch line that God bestowed upon this absurd scene?

A few weeks later the GM of that R&D center announces,

“All twelve hundred of you are laid off in ninety days. Now we cutting the center down to five hundred jobs, so this means we’ll have a free-for-all where you all scramble and scrap by re-applying for those five hundred remaining jobs. Sounds like fun, eh? Ready, Set, Go!”

So I had three months left of work, and ZERO job security.

I walked in my boss’ office and said, “You know that two month vacation request of mine you rejected? Well, I’m TAKING IT. All eight weeks.”

He says, “It doesn’t sound like you are ASKING my permission?”

I say, “I’m not.”

He says, “Well, I guess that’s OK for you to go for the two months! What am i gonna do after all, lay you off TWICE?”

(He had gotten his own walking papers himself, and in fact turned out did NOT get one of the five hundred remaining jobs.)

Now I am implying that I went ahead and enjoyed two months backpacking in Europe while I should have been searching for my next job, since I only had a few weeks remaining once back from vacation before getting laid off…ahh but I did have several months severance pay coming…it all worked out in the end. Found a job up in the Bay Area.

[stockstradr]

Here’s my funny story about asking for two months off.

My boss didn’t much care for me. I worked for a global mobile phone handset provider with an R&D center in San Diego.

It was a slow time for engineering at our R&D center; i figured good time to ask for a sabatical. I was a principle staff engr so had earned it.

I asked my boss, “I would really like to take eight weeks off for a trip through Europe that my wife and I have been dreaming about for ten years. I’m giving you a couple months advance notice. You’re such a great boss, I really do appreciate your consideration of this request” *SMOOCH* *SMOOCH* …gratuitous ass kissing

He says, “NOPE! We are so busy. Sorry. We need you so much. We cannot afford to have you away for two full months”

Now, Piggington readers, are you ready for the ironic punch line that God bestowed upon this absurd scene?

A few weeks later the GM of that R&D center announces,

“All twelve hundred of you are laid off in ninety days. Now we cutting the center down to five hundred jobs, so this means we’ll have a free-for-all where you all scramble and scrap by re-applying for those five hundred remaining jobs. Sounds like fun, eh? Ready, Set, Go!”

So I had three months left of work, and ZERO job security.

I walked in my boss’ office and said, “You know that two month vacation request of mine you rejected? Well, I’m TAKING IT. All eight weeks.”

He says, “It doesn’t sound like you are ASKING my permission?”

I say, “I’m not.”

He says, “Well, I guess that’s OK for you to go for the two months! What am i gonna do after all, lay you off TWICE?”

(He had gotten his own walking papers himself, and in fact turned out did NOT get one of the five hundred remaining jobs.)

Now I am implying that I went ahead and enjoyed two months backpacking in Europe while I should have been searching for my next job, since I only had a few weeks remaining once back from vacation before getting laid off…ahh but I did have several months severance pay coming…it all worked out in the end. Found a job up in the Bay Area.

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