Any firms offering sabbaticals? If so, do people actually take them and what’s the length/ pay like?

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When I started I took 2 over the span of 3 years. Length was about a month or 2, and 20% pay.

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PwC offers month long sabbaticals once u make senior manager. Full pay

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It’s actually only 3 weeks, and you’re forced to take a week of vacation to make it a month

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Point B let’s you take 4 consecutive weeks via unlimited PTO.

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