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Sabbaticals keep our attrition at bay

David Heinemeier Hansson · 29 Oct 2025

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Founders benefit from regular sabbaticals

bosses - be they founders or professional executives - benefit just as much from a regular sabbatical like anyone else

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  1. bosses - be they founders or professional executives - benefit just as much from a regular sabbatical like anyone else
  2. Six weeks is also just long enough to remind tired founders that selling their company isn't likely to be the bliss they imagine

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