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American here wtf is burnout leave? How long can you take the leave?
Look up "Kur" in Gemany. A stressed out worker may utilize it every 4 years. The US labor laws and fucking medieval.
You go to the doctor, they say you are suffering burnout and prescribe you working less, potentially also therapy, and you get sick leave for the time you can't work. How long depends on what the doctor says, but potentially quite long. You can't be fired during that time except after a very long time (i.e. that you should be on permanent disability benefit instead) and the company making all possible efforts at other suitable arrangements.
LOL fellow American also bamboozled by this concept. "Burnout leave" to us is when you finally snap and quit, cutting off your healthcare and income all in one go.
Hope you have multiple "streams of income" and "side hustles" if nothing else is "lined up"!
For the majority of us burnout isn't a pathology, it's the most American state of being. 😂
It exist here too. Just its when you get pipped and didn't line up a new job.
Fuckin pipped, man :(
You hate to see it :(((
Up to 2 years, apparently. It was a huge shock to me too; I'm still coming to grips with it? Honestly, I didn't want to take it but my boss strongly urged me to talk to the company doc and here we are.
I'm still working, just reduced hours.
It's a good thing that you take it, as long as you don't make the classic mistake of forgetting why you're on leave (and risk ending up in a "don't do anything productive" depression).
Wishing you a good recovery!
Take care of yourself bro. I've been there. A few months off helped tremendously. And it seems we share similar interests. No reason to be lonely. Hit me up with a message if you'd be keen to hang out over some joints.
America North (Canada) here. Labour laws relatively similar. Is it bad I've been conditioned that my immediate response is "bitch leave". I work in IT. I've been burnt out twice in my career second time actually getting a doctor's note to get removed off on call for an app. Never once did I think of leave. I didn't know that was a thing outside of the more ambiguous "stress leave" which is maybe what they're referring to?
Anyways. I'm jelly.