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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who is a boss in a similar situation (but it’s a couple month period) team members know they cannot go on vacation for a certain period of time.  Take a day off here and there?  Sure.  Emergency?  Sure.   I  had a team member do what you are saying you’ll do and checking email 1-2x a day wasn’t enough.  There was an emergency (in their work) and they weren’t reachable and because they worked an hour they thought that should count for the entire day.  I ended up looking closer at their work and realized they weren’t as good as I thought they were and found other questions in judgment.

Don’t schedule anything for the three weeks before this event.  If you must travel during this time you should change careers/ companies.  You know this is a requirement yet you think you somehow should be able to  go away.  That isn’t right to the team.  I have been the boss who ok’d a vacation at a horrible time and it was a nightmare for me.   You could have picked any other weekend or time.

I would cancel and schedule something somewhere else after this event is over and then reschedule this date sometime next year away from this event!

Honestly,  it boggles my mind when people don’t understand how they aren’t promoted or move up and then do stuff like this.

The job market is hard right now so just know if you go away and there are layoffs your boss will probably put you at the top (unless other people take off for these 3 weeks) of that layoff list.  Not taking vacation for a three week period is not a big deal.  Ask accountants.  [/quote]

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