# Taking Time off

### Minimum Offs

We encourage you to take breaks, with peace. That requires psychological safety. Here is our attempt at enabling it.

1. **Sundays are a mandatory off**\
   Work can wait 1 day. Don’t burn out. Take a break, stroll, and spend time on yourself.   \
   Productivity requires discipline, not heroism. <br>
2. **Mandatory 52 days off every year** \
   Life will throw uncertainties. Account for it. Do not worry about being left behind. It'll be fine. \
   52 days off every year, accrued pro-rata every month; after the first 45 days. All days off above this threshold are likely to cost lost opportunities.

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### Plan Ahead

Account time for (but not limited to) the following:

1. **Celebration time** Recommendation to take this after a significant project's completion.
2. **Recovery time** When work output is suffering, take an off and reset yourself.&#x20;
3. **Family time** They need you too.&#x20;
4. **Vacation** Travel is the best way to expand horizons.
5. **Health** You are likely to fall sick.&#x20;
6. **External commitments** Sometimes they'll be unavoidable.

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### Requesting time off

A general rule of thumb is:\
Days you’ll be away = Days of advance heads-up to give to your team.

Send a request to your Junior Partner and they will help re-organize work so that your absence doesn't impact your team's progress.


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