My old boss used to say that the earth still turns when you're not there. The earth does not need you to be working to turn.
Later on I worked for a great company called Creo. We had "banked time". If you had to work long hours to get stuff done you could bank that time and take it off later. And people did that. 3-4 weeks vacation on top of that. With that we created about $1B of value over ten years. Some people abused the system but they were a minority and since we had 360 review they normally wouldn't get away with it.
Here in Canada we have parental leave. When you have children, husband and wife can take up to 35 weeks (combined). You don't get full pay but many employers will top up to full pay. You can't be fired or laid off for taking this time off. When my youngest daughter was born I took 2.5 months off... When I work on something I am 100% committed. I work hard, long hours. However I will take vacation and disconnect completely. Guess what, when I'm back it's as if I just left yesterday. As they say, when you die you'll never regret not having worked more.
Later on I worked for a great company called Creo. We had "banked time". If you had to work long hours to get stuff done you could bank that time and take it off later. And people did that. 3-4 weeks vacation on top of that. With that we created about $1B of value over ten years. Some people abused the system but they were a minority and since we had 360 review they normally wouldn't get away with it.
Here in Canada we have parental leave. When you have children, husband and wife can take up to 35 weeks (combined). You don't get full pay but many employers will top up to full pay. You can't be fired or laid off for taking this time off. When my youngest daughter was born I took 2.5 months off... When I work on something I am 100% committed. I work hard, long hours. However I will take vacation and disconnect completely. Guess what, when I'm back it's as if I just left yesterday. As they say, when you die you'll never regret not having worked more.