Originally Posted by
fuji_owner
Is one of your companies Intel?
AMD
Like some other companies, AMD has a leave policy. Some type of leave have job guarantees, e.g. maternity or medical. Others do not including "personal leave" of up to six months.
Three years in advance, I mentioned to my manager that I wanted to do a ride across Africa (TDA). As time got closer, things got more specific and when time came it became a request for a six month leave.
Not long before I left AMD had a layoff. It would have been possible for my manager to put my name on the list (actually independent of the leave request). In that case I would have gotten a severance and found a new job on return.
As it was, I was fortunate to not be affected by the layoff and take my leave as planned.