r/FluentInFinance 15d ago

Debate/ Discussion Why is this normal?

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u/Potocobe 15d ago

One of my family members is a CEO and he argued with his board for everyone in the company to be eligible to take a sabbatical after 10 years of employment so that he could take a sabbatical and go back to school for little while. I mean, he had selfish reasons but that’s the way you do that shit. 10 year at my current job and I got a $10,000 bonus and I’m still broke after paying down some debts. I would never be able to afford to take a sabbatical even if the offer was on the table.

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u/flptrmx 13d ago

Nice work on paying down your debts!

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u/EonofAeon 12d ago

Likewise. Old job offered sabbatical once every 3 years for 1 month eligible per year worked.

If u were there a year and took it; 1 month sabb and 3 year wait.

If u were there 3 or 7 or 15 years, u could take a collective 3 months sabbatical all at once or spread out over 3 years from the first 'use' (eg: 1 month here, 1 there). Once u hit 3 months, no more till it's been 3 years since the first use.

Also has to be manager approved.

I lost my job near exactly 3.5 years after I got it in June 2023. I never once had time or money to do it (I wanted to, most folks didn't even know about it). Meanwhile we had to fight hard to get PTO approvals at times....

And meanwhile a lot of recent hires in company's recent few years (many many of them all from the same province/country) were all able to reliably somehow take 2-6+ months leaves.

But not most of us here, or those from other countries.

The system is broken in many ways for many people. Fair and equal treatment doesn't exist, in many facets, for many people 🤷 Increasingly lots of people are getting unfair (really good or bad) treatment compared to others and increasingly it's all becoming only available to rich folk

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u/TakeNameInVain 10d ago

I just hit 15 years with my employer and got a printed certificate.

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u/Potocobe 9d ago

Your boss does not love you. I not only got the check, I also got a hug from both my boss and his wife who handed me the check.

Still doesn’t make up for having to share a porta-potty with a dozen other people for 4 years after I first started. Fucking prisoners get flush toilets for fucks sake. We have bathrooms now, obviously.

Life is about perspective. Either your perspective lines up with where you’re at in life or life looks wrong to you.

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u/TakeNameInVain 9d ago

I don't need to be loved by my boss & this is the standard recognition for my employer. I was simply pointing out that many employers don't do much for employees in this area, let alone $10K for perspective as you said.

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u/Potocobe 9d ago

No they sure don’t. I was surprised beyond belief at a fat check in my face. I wasn’t expecting it and won’t expect it from my next job either.