3. Suzie's Sabbatical

27/10/2021 35 min

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Episode Synopsis

Susanna spent the first ten months of the pandemic transitioning a city's housing department to remote work and launching an emergency rental relief fund, while trying to keep existing projects on track and her sanity intact. She saw an opportunity to take an extended career break in early 2021 and she seized it. Learn how she financed her mid-career sabbatical and how it's going.
At the top of the episode, Hannah mentions that Susanna’s sabbatical mirrors a broader trend among employees in the covid era. These are the sources that Hannah used for the statistics she shares in this segment:
- https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/19/1047032996/why-are-so-many-americans-quitting-their-jobs
- https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1007914455/as-the-pandemic-recedes-millions-of-workers-are-saying-i-quit