> Serious question -- have you taken vacations? Real vacations -- not the kind that turn into "work from home" days?
No. Almost never. But I've thought about this extensively (before I quit as well as after), and I do regret not taking more real vacations.
But something made it just feel not okay. I probably have myself to blame more than anybody, but whenever I took vacations - even weeklong vacations (which was rare), I found myself checking in often. I was always near a computer. I felt obligated, and had strong loyalty to the company and my coworkers. Everybody worked extremely hard. Days off to take care of important things, or when I just needed a break - always became 'work from home days'.
No. Almost never. But I've thought about this extensively (before I quit as well as after), and I do regret not taking more real vacations.
But something made it just feel not okay. I probably have myself to blame more than anybody, but whenever I took vacations - even weeklong vacations (which was rare), I found myself checking in often. I was always near a computer. I felt obligated, and had strong loyalty to the company and my coworkers. Everybody worked extremely hard. Days off to take care of important things, or when I just needed a break - always became 'work from home days'.