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Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by munificent on Monday October 11, 2021 @04:16PM (#28832541)
The flip side is that many feel an intense pressure to do whatever it takes to get the most lucrative job they can find because the US has much less of a social safety net than many European countries.
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Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by ghaff on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:41PM (#28833436)
Once you get beyond a certain threshold that's not really true. Or it's a story they tell themselves because they care more about money than other considerations.
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Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by oblio on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:51PM (#28834014)
Have you ever had a 1 month long holiday? Not sabbatical, just regular PTO.
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Re:Amazon will allow many employees to work remotely indefin... by ghaff on Monday October 11, 2021 @06:57PM (#28834061)
Yes, multiple times--most recently a few years ago was close to that just pre-pandemic. Another probably 4x in the 3 week to 4 week range in previous job. Pretty standard tech industry jobs. More recently have had many other multi-week holidays that were a combination of tech events and pure PTO.

I realize a fair number of people can't do that or, commonly in my experience, feel that they can't do that but it's not actually impossible if that's what you prioritize.

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