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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I judge if you are adamant about specific dates even though you have no scheduled plans. I[b] have coworkers who schedule staycations during our busy season or during popular vacation weeks and it makes office coverage tougher than it has to be. I am not a work martyr but deliberately avoiding having to cover for your colleagues is dickish.[/b]

Otherwise, I don't care what you do on vacation. A staycation sounds nice.  [/quote]

[b]Why is it okay for someone to schedule a vacation during a busy period but it's not okay to schedule a staycation? [/b] The way to solve this problem is be consistent about leave policies.  Basically, block out the busy weeks and indicate that NO one can plan to take leave (for travel or for staycations) during those time periods.  Period.

It's also shortsighted to assume that people don't plan things during their staycations that require advance scheduling.  During my staycations, I still have scheduled plans (anything from vet visits to home repairs that have to be scheduled in advance to appointments, etc.)  It's ridiculous to assume that the only thing that requires specific dates are vacations that involve travel.

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Because a strict policy of "no leave during May or June" is unnecessarily harsh.  It's wedding season, it's graduation season, it's move your kid home from college dorm season.  There is room for one or two people to be out, just not half the office.  This year my colleague's daughter graduated from a foreign university: of course her dad should have time off to attend, and I'm happy to cover even though it's busy right now.  But if you could as easily take your staycation in July instead of June, you should.

My point about dickishness went to colleagues who schedule leave (or call in sick) solely because they don't want to have to do extra work to cover for the people who are already out for immovable events like a graduation.  It's like the kid who stays home sick on the day the group presentation is due.  Ugh.[/quote]

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