<story><title>Uber CEO Kalanick likely to take leave</title><url>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-board-vote-idUSKBN1930AA</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>MikeTheGreat</author><text>What do you mean by &amp;#x27;sabbatical&amp;#x27;?
What is this, and how do regular, salaried employees get this?</text></item><item><author>xbeta</author><text>For someone who recently lost a mother and still have a badly injured father.  This is totally understandable regardless whether he is a CEO of Uber.  For a regular employee,  he could request for a sabbatical.  But as a CEO, that&amp;#x27;s difficult given there is no CFO, CMO, COO existed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bastawhiz</author><text>Most companies in SV tend to have, in addition to paid maternal&amp;#x2F;paternal leave, the option to take unpaid leave. I have many friends and colleagues who have taken advantage of this for a variety of reasons. It&amp;#x27;s really not that uncommon.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber CEO Kalanick likely to take leave</title><url>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-board-vote-idUSKBN1930AA</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>MikeTheGreat</author><text>What do you mean by &amp;#x27;sabbatical&amp;#x27;?
What is this, and how do regular, salaried employees get this?</text></item><item><author>xbeta</author><text>For someone who recently lost a mother and still have a badly injured father.  This is totally understandable regardless whether he is a CEO of Uber.  For a regular employee,  he could request for a sabbatical.  But as a CEO, that&amp;#x27;s difficult given there is no CFO, CMO, COO existed.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>EpicEng</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve seen &amp;quot;regular, salaried employees&amp;quot; take sabbaticals for personal reasons more than once. Beyond that, comparing a CEO to a typical employee is ridiculous.  You may not like it, but yes, they&amp;#x27;re viewed as more important by the board and a CEO &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; more important 99.9% of the time. Devs don&amp;#x27;t make life or death business decisions and set the cultural tone for the entire company.</text></comment>