If you need a full day off (Monday or Friday obvi) for an industry interview, what would you say to your team / partner? More complicated bc it’s out of town and requires a flight.

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Something has come up and I need to take Friday off...

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PTO, shouldn’t need an explanation.

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Sick? Need to run errands and will be out of pocket? Take a day off? Mental health day? Annual physical and other checks? Kids fell sick?

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Why can’t you just PTO and alt travel? Extended weekend, they don’t need an explanation.

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“Hey, I need to go home early for an appointment. I’ll be working these x hours to make up for it.”

I’d probably have to leave earlier on Thursday to fly in the night before which complicates matters bc I can’t justify flying to the interview from client site

Alt travel to the interview or tell the company you’re interviewing with you need a ticket from the client city

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