Even taking vacation time while at Bethesda didn’t really feel like vacation, Purkeypile told me. “That’s not really time off. You come back and have like, 1000 emails you have to respond to, and you’re like, oh, I just pushed work down [the road]. It’s not a real vacation, right?”
Having worked from Europe for a US tech company, that’s the norm. I had about 15 Americans reporting into me and I required them all to take a minimum of 20 days off. Most of them found this confusing at first, like it was a trap or something, and I had to insist. My peers in leadership in the US could not understand how my employee retention was so good.
Having worked from Europe for a US tech company, that’s the norm. I had about 15 Americans reporting into me and I required them all to take a minimum of 20 days off. Most of them found this confusing at first, like it was a trap or something, and I had to insist. My peers in leadership in the US could not understand how my employee retention was so good.
I don’t work in the gaming industry but this hit home. It really does feel that way.
I know… reading it i was just like “mood”