[AlotOfReading]

Long-term garden leave is still unequal as you forfeit things like bonus (which can be a significant percentage of TC) and you can't practice the skills of your employment for months or years. Imagine going on leave from the financial sector in 2007 and coming back in 24 months later, for example.

[mattkrause]

New CV item: "Zero losses during the global financial crisis" :-)

[leoc]

Are you really a financial-industry veteran if you didn't tank at least one merchant bank when you had the opportunity? ;)