Career Break Gifts

Job satisfaction comes from doing what you enjoy, without the boss finding out.

Sabbatical Diary: Day Six - I notice my surroundings.

Working Holiday

"Would you mind if I took a year off to find myself... with pay?"

Stress Clinic: 'Stepped out to smell the roses.'

Senior executive holding guitar hitchiking on open road in desert landscape.

'If I'd known it was this easy, I'd have hit the escape key long ago.'

It is a little odd, I have come to a place completely off the grid to recharge my batteries.

The Smug Unemployed Monkey

"How goes the gap year?"

"Is there an option to make my out-of-office message permanent?"

"I love the smell of unemployment in the morning."

"I figure if I was still employed, I wouldn’t get to spend all this time with you!"

Now celebrating three years' of me time. Please help.

R. Chones, Financial Counselor: On Vacation. Watch Suze Orman.

'I'm taking a year off to just migrate.'

'It's nice to have a break isn't it.'

"I'm on sabbatical."

Peaceful holiday

"Yes, six to seven weeks is my life expectancy! Once I learned that, I thought, the hell with it, I'll stop working and start travelling..."

I've always wanted to quit while I was ahead but the opportunity never presented itself.

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

'I hope you're not threatened by powerful women, because you're fired.'

Where your mind & battle are los

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

I'm looking for employees who have their own unique way of seeing things my way.

Butterfly Woman

'Let's not go by the book.'

I hope a starting salary of 80 and a severance of 12 is acceptable....

In basket-case.

'How fast can you hype?'

"Oh, yes, and there's plenty of opportunity for advancement."

'You're my best man, Pomeroy, so I've decided to sell the damn company.'

"I caution everyone to avoid taking the first field reporter job that comes along."

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."