Taking a sabbatical at HCL can boost personal growth and offer a break from routine. However, financial planning is crucial since it's unpaid, and you need to ensure job security upon return

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What are the benefits and challenges of taking a sabbatical at HCL, and how can employees make the most of this opportunity for personal and professional growth?

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From folks who have taken sabbatical, want to understand, 
Why did you take it and for how long?
What did you set out to do and was it worth it?
Was it easy to return and join back work, what challenges you faced?

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Been 8 damn years of corporavery (Corporate Slavery), oh by the way, 1 year of career break and learnt real life skills equivalent to 5 years of growth in corporate.

So back to point - Sabbatical! 

How easy or hard to be eligible for this? Am I entitled to attain this? Will there be a drawback gap in my Curriculum vitae?

I am craving for it and need to hear positive experiences of sabbatical journeys...

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I m looking for a break while on the job at TCS. I Am looking for some valid justification to get my sabbatical aproved. I have to finetune my health and my relationships and my mental health while am on break. 

Kindly suggest me some verbose that will have higher chances of getting corporate approval for sure.

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I am hoping for a sabbatical from my consulting job for my mental health for 1.5 months. Folks who have experience with this- do sabbaticals generally ever affect promotions or performance based incentives? How should i proceed in such a situation?

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Does an extended Sabbatical leave of 3months, show up in your leaving certificate or hurt your chances for future job roles?

Planning to take an unpaid sabbatical due to health reasons, employer has agreed for the same, just need to understand this aspect.

Does it also count as work experience?

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I m looking for a break while on the job at TCS. Am looking for some valid justification to get my sabbatical aproved. I have to finetune my health and my relationships and my mental health while am on break. 

Kindly suggest me some verbose that will have higher chances of getting corporate approval for sure.

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I am thinking of leaving my current job and focus on myself, getting to know myself better etc. Currently I have enough money saved for my expenses for next 6-8 months. 
   Everyone I have asked about this say don't leave your job if you don't have another lined up, in this tech winter. I understand their view point. It aligns with what my parents think as well.

Is there anyone who has had done this in the past? Do you recommend this route? Are the consequences far too severe? Does anyone have a different opinion from one stated above?

Anyone ever left job without having another job lying around for their mental peace?

I'm in the same boat, on the verge of quitting, and will most probably take the leap next month.  
 Thanks for the thread. A lot of insights. It has made me confident that I'm not doing anything stupid.

I'm 3 years into my career and currently I'm on a 3 month sabbatical. That's unpaid leave in my org. 

2 mo in, I've been focusing on my health -(gymming, meditating, eating right), travelling and relaxing. Indifferent to weekdays and weekends life feels really nice and happy.

Taking a sabbatical worked out well for me

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Want to discuss if sabbatical being a taboo is valid and peoples opinions of it.
I will start with mine
Background - 
8 years in tech 
3 company switches 
Sabbatical of 1 month, 3 month and 6 month between each break.
Personal experience - quite enriching. Though there was panic and anxiety of not having a job during the period, it truly helped me take a step back, reassess my career trajectory, and mostly just Destress and re prioritise

Every now and then i loose my true love for tech and product and the sabbaticals helped me to rediscover that by just reading about technology that was not outcome driven ( like for switching a job) 
Quite rewarding each time in terms of salary jumps also. I think i was able to make a better case for myself at a particular position just because i had more time to process stuff from last job. 
It also helped me make better decisions for next thing which has in general helped me shape my career better ( i think atleast) 

Open to anyone sharing their stories/perspectives related to sabbaticals

Sabbatical stories - a thread

Hi, currently working in Infosys (3+YOE) thinking to move to HCL.  Want to understand how is HCL ? Work  life balance? Stability? How is the management and  also want to know how much percent of variable pay I can get  which is mentioned in ctc(12 LPA). And lastly should I work here or just continue with Infy for sometime and try to switch to product or startup. 


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Did you take sabbatical leave before ?if you did, are you proud of it or guilty of it and your suggestions for the ones who are planning to take apart  from the obvious financial obligations

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