Does your company have any blackout days around the holidays where you aren’t allowed to take off or where it’s “highly” discouraged?

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Wow… never heard of this happening! That is a huge red flag.

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Not really related to holidays, nope! They encourage us to let them know about PTO as early as possible so even if we have deadlines around that time we can wrap it up early or pass off our work to a coworker.

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