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How Lack of Sabbaticals Fuels Career Burnout
Lucas and Luna explore how the near-absence of paid career breaks — sabbaticals or extended leave — in American corporate culture directly contributes to long-term burnout. They cite the example of Adobe's six-week sabbatical policy for employees after five years and contrast it with the typical two-week vacation treadmill. The episode digs into the research on how career pauses reduce exhaustion by 30 percent on average, and why companies that offer them see higher retention. Lucas shares a 2025 study showing that employees who took a four-week sabbatical reported 40 percent lower…
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