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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a new poster after 10 odd pages, I can’t say for certain but perhaps I’m the first who’s actually done what OP proposed? Maybe- anyway, at the very height of Covid I had 6 mos paid leave and then did a year additional unpaid. I work for an enormous company and staff was moved around as needed (it’s a 100% in-person job so during Covid lots of accommodations were made for many many different reasons). When my kiddo was 18 mos, daycare’s mostly back open, my mental and physical health restored… I very happily returned to work. Would this have worked at another company or even at mine during non-Covid times? Probably not but doesn’t hurt to ask, although I will also add that my case was helped because I had had delivery complications that my employer was aware of. And I can report that I felt totally different about returning at 18 mos versus 6. [/quote]

OP. Thanks for sharing. Did you ask for a full year or did you extend in increments? Unfortunately I know this would not work at my company, but curious how you approached. Thank you! [/quote]
A great way to burn your bridge would be to keep going back for extensions. Ask for the maximum time up front. If you really feel like you’d like to come back early, it’s much easier to explore that option then to continuously be disruptive by asking for extensions.

If you can swing it financially, I would ask to return 1 year from now.[/quote]

Agree, just surprised to hear a company allow 1.5 years of leave in this area/country. Maybe I should ask if you’re hiring instead :) [/quote]

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