Re:Two Weeks Vacation is only a Recommendation, not a Rule
by abstractbill on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @05:46PM
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This may be the median startup behavior, but I've seen plenty of counterexamples, at some quite successful startups.
Re:Two Weeks Vacation is only a Recommendation, not a Rule
by pbhjpbhj on Thursday July 01, 2010 @09:22AM
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>You also don't get sick days.
That's one of the hardest parts of running your own business IMO. I had to have an op, recommended recuperation was 2weeks of bed rest, I was back working the next day; yes there were deleterious effects on my health.
Re:Two Weeks Vacation is only a Recommendation, not a Rule
by ahoyhere on Wednesday June 30, 2010 @01:28PM
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And yet, you'll probably find as I did, that if you disappear for a week or so, nothing really terrible happens. With clients, it's easy - tell them you're gone. When you run an SaaS, it's not as easy, but I became so ill I wasn't able to do a thing… and we lost maybe one customer.
The others who were waiting on my emails got a very sincere apology and explanation, and we were all good.
This goes to show that you only think you have to be there all the time.
This is one of the first things you'll notice being in business for yourself. It's hard to arrange time off. One of the benefits of working for a company is that there's a team in place to make sure the train stays on the rails while you're gone.
You also don't get sick days.