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Chilling out; No longer confined to academics, extended leaves for study or travel help rejuvenate frazzled managers.(Sabbatical policies)(Brief Article)
Crain's Chicago Business, June, 2001 by Adler, Jane
They used to apply mostly to professors taking six months off from teaching to research 15th-century Florentine art or newly discovered mathematical theorems. These days, sabbaticals are the latest workplace perk, usually designed to give burned-out employees the chance to chill out. Eric Jacobson took a six-week paid sabbatical from his job as a senior analyst at Chicago's Morningstar Inc.
after several stressful years during which his mother and grandfather had died, and he'd begun to have doubts about his job. ``I was really frazzled and needed a break,'' says Mr. Jacobson, who spent the time traveling overseas. The time off, available to full-time Morningstar employees after four years on the job, gave Mr. Jacobson time to unwind and gain perspective....
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