I work in Internal audit in a 4 person department and want to visit my family half way across the world. How long is an acceptable time off request? Would asking for 3 weeks off be unthoughtful?

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2 is reasonable. 3 can be a stretch but with enough advance notice can be do-able. This is really going to come down to company culture.

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PTO in the United States 🇺🇸 is usually 2 weeks off at a time is acceptable. Anything over that usually is unpaid leave.

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Best place for holiday office parties?

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I was on a tour but where I asked a couple of older women sitting behind me to speak softly as it was 6:30 am in the morning. After that they kept saying loudly that i’m smelling and that i need to use deo and that i should keep my arm down. I confronted them later and they said respect your elders?? I want to ruin their vacation. What else can I do?

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Hey Boschlers,
Is tomorrow holiday??

Anyone ever asked for a sign on bonus in the form of vacation days - so you don’t have to wait like 6 months in order to take 2weeks? Or ask for reduced pay at first to accelerate the accrual?

Ate so poorly on vacation im scared to weigh myself 😣

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Moving from T2 to McKinsey. How do vacation requests work? I have family and friends getting married this fall in weddings delayed because of covid, but I’ll just have started so wanted to get a sense of how realistic taking vacation this fall would be and how to approach taking it (e.g. mention to HR, staffing). TIA!

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Any next week joiners?

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@EY

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Question for BAH - are you able to expense taxi/uber for after hour safety from your holiday event to home? I know most companies let you and so does Deloitte. Asking for a Booz friend.

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I will be joining cisco bangalore soon
Can anyone share with me the holiday list for oct 2022
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Just need to know if there's diwali holiday or not

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Hey friends! I hope everybody has had a productive week and had an awesome weekend for those who enjoyed their holiday! This question is specifically for Amazon Web Services in sales.

So I am currently a potential candidate as an AAE. I was told that I would in the future have to prepare a mock deck and deal with objections.

Has anybody had to prepare them and what was the scenario?

Thanks everyone!

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London Fog Latte Shortbread with “Jackson Pollock” Lemon Glaze - A little late night holiday baking. These melt-in-your-mouth buttery cookies are infused with Earl Grey tea leaves and vanilla beans.

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Raise your hand if you are surviving the holiday season! 🙋‍♀️

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'An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Use of Police Force' by Roland Fryer

Link to study:

https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force

Some bullets:

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