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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are many of the posters in such low level jobs that nobody would notice two people being out of the office at the same time or some generic temp could easily be slotted in? [/quote]

Wrong direction. Many of us are in high enough level jobs where no one cares about facetime. All we need is a phone and an internet connection. [/quote]

It's not even that for me.  Yes, I'm willing to work virtual on a vacation for something critical as needed.

For me, I work on large projects with relatively predictable events on the horizon.  If something major is on the horizon (let's say a big review meeting with the client/customer), it is scheduled with key people's availability taken into consideration. It is planned specifically around when X, Y and Z are available.  In turn, I know when these things are coming, and I don't schedule a vacation that could be any old week without confirming dates for work events.  Things that can't be moved, I expect work will work with me.  No one would ever ask me to miss an unmovable event for work.  I would also not expectt a week off during a critical time for a wedding or graduation.still

On any given week, there could be really important things happening, but nothing falls apart if absolutely no one does anything for a week.  It would be BAD, but recoverable.  I realize not all jobs are like that, but there are more of them than some people think.

Many years ago when I was an intern (and arguable incredibly unimportant!) and used to asking for vacation, my manager basically told me to stop asking and just to make sure my workload was managed.  The culture in every workplace since then was to let my managers know of vacation plans, with an unspoken agreement to be cognizant of waiting for specific dates for major events before booking something.  (And even then, you could miss those if you had a good reason.)[/quote]

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