Unpaid Leave
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Has anyone taken unpaid leave for >2 months here? What did you tell your employer? I work for a MNC with comprehensive benefits that includes unlimited annual leaves, unpaid, sabbatical and some others family/ parental leaves that I can’t use.
I’d like to take some time off to travel and switch off from all the office politics. Not sure if this would be approved if I tell them I want to take time off to travel.
My team leader is pretty old school and the unlimited leave scheme is newly introduced last year. I don’t want to be seen as misusing the policy and I know 2 months leave is a long time that’s why I’m opting for the unpaid leave. Thoughts?
Netizens’ comments
- unlimited leave? Which company? I want apply and join
- The longest I have seen approved for vacation with unlimited PTO policy was 6 weeks. I personally have taken 5 weeks at a go. You can try but it’s dependent upon your manager.
Or you can get a medical diagnosis for anxiety and take disability leave. - You can cook up some BS that your family member is sick or something.
My advice is that if you have already mentally checked out, the longer the break, the worse it becomes because you will realize that the relief is temporary and you are back into the shit again. - You said you have a sabbatical, is that paid or unpaid? Some companies offer a sabbatical as an unpaid leave option.
- You may want to check your HR policy first. Some companies don’t allow unpaid leave until you’ve used up a certain amount of annual leave.
You also mentioned you company provides sabbaticals. Can you use this option or wait a bit until you can use it? - for medical reasons, maybe granted, but for traveling/holiday I don’t think they will approve. Just quit and go holiday first la
- Speak to your HR. Every company is different. Since it’s a new policy, there must be a reason why they started it. I don’t think it will be frown upon if that’s what they want employees to do when needed.