Cancel holiday? I dont think so

[AtW]

I try to ensure that I never book holiday during the contract time and only after the renewal date.

WHS

MF is a model professional.

[northernladuk]

Aren't I forgiven for newbie questions yet ?

Yes. For your dull updates on insignificant happenings in your working day no.

[Mich the Tester]

No, but we'd still be living in stone age.

Nonsense. The people who gave humanity its greatest advances are lazy clever people. Lazy stupid people are useless, hard working stupid people can carry heavy objects and flip burgers, hard working clever people are dangerous and should be shot.

[Mich the Tester]

Sadly, i've worked with people who wouldn't think twice about cancelling a family holiday if the job required it.

Ask them whether they think they'll get a second chance to bring up their kids. Bloody idiots.

[craig1]

Ask them whether they think they'll get a second chance to bring up their kids. Bloody idiots.

In my experience it's mainly permies being pressured to show "loyalty" to a company that wouldn't hesitate to throw them into a skip 10 seconds after their Bob replacement signed on in Bangalore.

[Mich the Tester]

In my experience it's mainly permies being pressured to show "loyalty" to a company that wouldn't hesitate to throw them into a skip 10 seconds after their Bob replacement signed on in Bangalore.

Whenever some permie manager starts rattling on about 'company loyalty' I find an excuse to leave the room immediately. I wouldn't want them all to hear me laughing so hard my ribs start creaking.

[lukemg]

I get round this by having so little impact on the performance of the company that my absence makes zero difference....

[psychocandy]

Sadly, i've worked with people who wouldn't think twice about cancelling a family holiday if the job required it.

if I were given the choice between retaining a contract and taking my kids on a booked holiday that they were looking forward to then i'd be straight down Boots to get the factor 50.

End of day you've got to look after yourself and your family....

My importance chart

1. Family
2. Friends
3. Myself
4. The cat
5.
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146. My employer/client

To be honest, its a principal thing also. Client should be aware that his piss poor organisation does not constitute an emergency as the saying goes.

[psychocandy]

Offer a sub.

Yeh. Good point. In reality though, it'd never happen. Sub would have to be someone who had same skills as me, same exposure to customer systems etc.

[psychocandy]

Great idea, bring in a new person for a critical phase of the thing you've been working on.

Or not been working on in my case and has suddenly appeared as urgent..