Is it even a vacation if you spend the whole time dreading the return? Every time I take a few days off, I come back to a disaster zone with a million fires to put out. It’s making me not even want to use my hours. Is it just me?

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I literally cried the day we got back from our vacation this past summer, I alway get this intense depression of getting back to reality.

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That’s terrible!

Not just you. I don’t have anyone covering me so my work piles up until I return to work.

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Yep, same here. It makes me feel like nobody can take charge or responsibility for stuff when I'm out. Not to mention how many phone calls I get during my time off that make it feel like I'm still on the clock.

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I don't have any of that anxiety around using PTO. Everything hums along just fine. But I doubt it's just you, either. From the sound of it, you're working in a very chaotic environment. If it's affecting you like this, I'm betting your coworkers feel the exact same way whenever they take time off.

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Sorry you are working in such a stressful environment. It does sound like you would benefit from a small career change.

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hiya fishes. happy friday! sorry if this isnt the right bowl, but this is in regards to vacation time. i have an interview process starting next week, and wondering when it would be good to mention i would be OOO between the middle of the month in september? its for a week. im unsure if i can twist this to have a start date once im back. going back and forth on being transparent vs. mentioning it later on. thoughts?

There are worse ways to spend a day of PTO. Running the road course at Road America.

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🎄How do you plan to recharge over the holiday break?

Drop your plans or ideas below! 👇

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What is the PTO carryover policy?

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does booking sick date or vacation impact utilization?

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During my first year, I struggled, and the partners I worked with went out of their way to take their time with me to help me learn, as did some of the senior-level Associates.

Stop giving big law a bad name

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