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This is a great forcing function for my own break, which I don't take enough of. And the big thing about doing it in this manner is to reduce FOMO. There will be much less going on while many folks are offline. It's just going to be pretty nice. Then we'll all come back very ready to be productive!
Good on DEV for raising awareness for mental health at work!
Enjoy your break and thank you for the post!
I support this 100%, mental health is the most important thing.
This is an act of community leadership that I've no doubt will echo beyond just the Dev/Forem team's mental health - we need behaviour modelling like this, so thank you.
One of the temptations when you have a job or project that means a lot (as Dev undoubtedly does) is to turn it into everything. Humans need novelty and rest. Giving your mind away from task work is a crucial part in the productivity cycle. I'm lucky to work for a company that gives every third Friday as a paid leave day.
Kudos for doing this, and for this announcement.
It's not common for many companies to recognize Developer burnout. For most people, we are just sitting in front of a computer reading majority of the time and typing away a little bit. It's great you guys are recognizing the problem especially given the current situation. It's indeed taking a toll on everyone's mental health. Regardless how tough we pretend to be on the outside. It's a constant battle with self dialog within. I hope you guys find a way to truly disengage from work. I have noticed that it's really hard for me to not use holidays for other programming stuff. Side projects, learning programming related stuff etc Luckily my daughter is big enough to point that it's not a work day and I shouldn't be using my computer and I should be playing with them. 🙇♂️
Just 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Enjoy it. You deserved it and now more that Hacktoberfest is coming.
You guys deserve a break. Enjoy 🙂
Awesome!
Appreciate all of your hard work and the super cool platform, The DEV Team :)
I took a week off recently. I recommend it to everyone. :)
Even though I am one of the ones covering this week for the majority of our team, I do plan on taking my "company vacation" time the first week in October.
One of the biggest things this vacation gave us during the pandemic was something to look forward to. Right now life for many is a drudge. It's the same thing day in and day out as we navigate this new pandemic world. Having forced PTO (especially for someone like myself who is bad at taking it) is so nice to look forward to.
Great initiative
Great idea, recharge 🍻
That's the good thing to do! Just out of curiosity as a European, how much holidays do you have in a year?
Have a great rest!
Lots of love ❤️
We will be right here when you all come back :)
Also, do some meditation for me plezz