From: gogala.mladen@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, 12 Sep 2016 20:15:20 +0000, Drazen Kacar wrote:   
      
   > Mladen Gogala wrote:   
   >   
   >>  How does one take a sabatical? Does the company pay him to go hiking   
   >>  for a year?   
   >   
   > Almost.   
   >   
   >>  I am not sure that any company would be so generous toward anyone,   
   >>  even toward a senior VP.   
   >   
   > Once I had six months sabatical in my contract, just like everyone else.   
   > In the good, old, dot.com times contract. :-)   
   >   
   > IIRC, everyone got a right to six months sabatical after a certain (not   
   > very high) number of years of employment in the company. But I don't   
   > think the company lasted long enough for anyone to actually take the   
   > sabatical.   
   >   
   > But even outside of dot.com contracts, I don't think it's that hard to   
   > get six months or so every 3-5 years. The idea behind sabatical is that   
   > you're going to spend the time on something that you have a desire to   
   > work on and which is more or less related to what the company does (so   
   > only hiking probably isn't acceptable :-). And after you're back the   
   > company might profit from your sabatical, if the stars get aligned   
   > correctly.   
   >   
   > The whole thing is something like a combination of bonus and R&D   
   > investment.   
      
   Well, you're right. I do sound a bit like conspiracy theorist, or at   
   least a pessimist. The time will tell. I have no arguments for one side   
   or another. However, that announcement was the day that Oracle world   
   stood still.   
      
      
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   Mladen Gogala   
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   http://mgogala.byethost5.com   
      
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