I’m frantically prepping for my PTO next week and feel like I’m working double shifts just to leave! Why does taking time off feel like a full-time job before you even go?

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Full time and then some before leaving and after coming back! To be fair, I do have a great team that is incredibly helpful when it comes to covering each other. This has a bit to do with why I want to do so much before leaving.

I was just doing the same and I get it. I think a lot of admins have the same personality types and it's just in us to do this sort of thing naturally whether we should or should not. I hope you enjoy your PTO!

Yea I used to get really annoyed with this. I used to work for a company, where I was one of only two in the office. Myself and the MD. Every year I used to take two weeks off to take part in an international ham radio competition. It got to the point where I had to spend two weeks before my holiday, then another MONTH after my holiday, catching up on the work the MD couldnt be bothered doing. He was a right lazy bloke. Then he wondered why I got annoyed.

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