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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At 48, in a tough job market, [b]voluntarily taking time off to spend time with family sends a different signal than getting laid off, in terms of future prospects.[/b] Not a good one. You may indeed never get hired at VP level again. Maybe you would get hired and claw your way back up the ladder, but it will not be easy.

Get therapy, work on mindful balance. Hold out for a layoff and severance lol.[/quote]

What type of judgmental employer would begrudge a candidate who said "I took a 6 month professional break to explore my next move and spend more time with my family?" Probably the same one who would also view a layoff as a red flag. I think people have to do what is best for them. Some people are just judgmental.[/quote]

Employers who want eager beaver overachievers? Who are wary of a VP who took time off to "find themself" and explore what they wanted to do?

If there was a genuine family emergency like spouse or child illness or injury that requires hands on presence, that would be seen differently imo.

But not  burnout/flameout, which is coded in spend more time with family. At least in DC and many competitive industry cultures.

Don't want those? Fine. But places that embrace finding yourself  may not pay $250k or hire 50-somethings and pay them fairly. BTDT. I quit a toxic executive job at 52. Took me 2 years to get another one at 60% of my old salary. Later, after I left,  a coworker who had quit and worked in HR said "they specifically look for accomplished people  people with job continuity issues because they know they can hire them for less."[/quote]

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