A Contract

On a Friday afternoon, it was the third of November and not much was happening at work for Sebb, he mustered the courage to go to his boss's office. Sebb's boss always had time and an open ear for his employees.
Sebb explained that the still very vague plan regarding the sabbatical, which he had mentioned a few weeks earlier, would now become a bit more concrete. Perhaps Sebb's boss could imagine that during this time, it wouldn't just be a period of absence from work, but rather, that Sebb would save for a salary trust account over the coming months, which could then be disbursed over the 9 months. This would have the appeal that particularly the social security, i.e., health insurance, pension fund, etc., would not be deducted from the vacation pay during the travel period. A sabbatical with a savings phase, indeed, two and a half years of full-time work at two-thirds salary, and then nine months off with the payout of the savings.
Sebb's boss was open to any solution and asked him to get in touch with the payroll department to see if they had ever done something like this before, how it could be legally and contractually secured, etcetera.
Admittedly, Sebb was taken aback by the openness and willingness of his employer to just go along with this adventure and was also a bit flattered. At the end of the conversation, Sebb's boss said, “I will envy you for 9 months.”
A huge weight was lifted off our shoulders that Sebb's boss was so supportive. This greatly simplified the travel financing, as the whole thing was still not fully calculated.