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PTO and Taking Time Off
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- PTO & Taking Time Off
- Self-care
- Accrual caps
- Burnout
- Unlimited time off - good or bad?
- Trap of not taking enough, personal guilt, fear of letting team down
- Brad Feld’s 1 week a quarter - completely off grid, no work (= 4 weeks a year)
- Why taking time off is good for your team / company
- Marathon / not a sprint, you need to be able to take time off
- Ensures you are not the blocker for things
- Encourages better docs, better socializing of concepts and ownership of the code
- Tips for taking time off
- Github Away Feature
- Delete or disable Slack
- Create a list of things that you are responsible for and who will help cover those things
- Other Time Off
- Parental Leave
- Sick Leave
- Company-wide holidays: Refuel Week
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