Topic Teasers Vol. 21: Working on Vacations

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We are being pressured to take unused vacation days before the end of the year. However, I don’t know how to be away from my project and still get it completed. Should I just allow my vacation days to lapse or just accept that my project will suffer while I am gone and take them?

A. Keeping your job is more important than using up vacation days. In this economy it is better to let them lapse than to be out of the office and allow the organization to see they can get along without you.

B.  Take your vacation days, but plan when in the project cycle you will be gone and work ahead to delegate your work to others. Check in regularly while you are away.

C. Ask the company if they will send the entire team on vacation together. That way you can work on the project during the day and relax and unwind together at night. It could be billed as a team bonding exercise.

D. Take the vacation days but stay at home. Arrange to be in the office on alternating days and then stay home in between. That way you use the days but complete the project as well.

Answer: B. Take your vacation days, but plan when in the project cycle you will be gone and work ahead to delegate your work to others. Check in regularly while you are away.

We tend to think of summer as vacation season because children are out of school and can easily participate in family …

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