Time Off
Why are potential employers asking me how much time I need to take off? What is the point here? Are they concerned about abuse of “time off benefits?†I had an experience in my last position, where, as a supervisor, I was told not to approve anyone’s request for time off because several of our staff had resigned, and a new computer progam would be initiated during the end of year holidays.
Why would any agency initiate a new computer system during a holiday season? Nuts! Oh, I think, in this case because there were “connectionsâ€. It was a down time for the computer company too. So let’s make a deal! We don’t care about your staff’s feelings, requests, needs. We just all want to make a financial deal. And the inexperienced manager has no concern for her staff.
Oh; a little comment. I quit that position. But apparently the gossip was that I got fired. I like fulfilling work, which means I often take too little time off. In my 20 years at Stanford University I took 2 three week vacations to leave the country. And even then I couldn’t leave it alone and kept checking back. My preference was long weekends and “ field trips†with my sons.