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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]

I’m pp:
Remember, this was pre-vaccine Covid times at a job with zero WFH options. I came in to meet with my bosses. Repeated the highlights of what I had been through. Explained there was no way I could imagine coming in before the following September (which is exactly when I returned). They were professional- these were people who knew me well- and said they’d get it processed up the management chain and with HR. Definitely not drip drip drip.

I know folks who are Feds who have also made use of unpaid leave at various times. It’s very agency/circumstance dependent. 
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One last thing I’ll add and which is probably more important than the (perhaps extreme) details of my situation:
The point is that I was miserable at the thought of returning at 6 months, but very happy to come at 18 mos. If you think this is you, op, then consider walking away from a job/situation you dread even if they say no to a leave of absence. If you can afford a year unpaid, you can afford to quit. Sacrificing some rungs on the career ladder will happen either way tbh. It was definitely the right choice for me. [/quote]

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