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[–] Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nah dog, PTO is Personal Time Off. My time.

Don’t call me. Don’t email me. I might as well be dead to you. I got the slip signed and approved, and you all knew I’d be off - find someone else to deal with your problems.

If they can’t manage without you after all that advanced notice, that’s on them. And if the problem wasn’t actually critical and I can take care of it when I get back, well now it wasn’t so critical to solve right then now was it?

[–] just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

I remember being given a quote that had to be completed within a day or two. Instead I was out for eight weeks due to an emergency Caesarian and maternity leave. When I got back, the request for quote was sitting on my desk, untouched. I learned a lot about taking due dates with a pound of salt. . .