Just signed an offer with mckinsey and recruiter told me the latest I can join in November 19th.

I have a vacation that I've already planned from 12/7 - 12/14. Should I let the recruiter know about this plan? Is this something that I can work out with my manager once I'm assigned?

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Tell the recruiter and again tell the manager

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To be fair, this may actually work well since you’ll probably have a few weeks of training, have your vacation, and then you’ll only have a few days before the company shuts down for Christmas. You may not be staffed at all till the new year, so it will be easy to protect your vacation

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Tell the recruiter - it’ll help them determine the best course of action. Odds are the next start date is January which is why they’re pushing for late November. Might want to have a reason why you didn’t bring it up during the offer process if it was already planned.

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This happened to me in 2012 - they just wanted me on the books in 2012 but let me take my planned vacation.

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I thought McK offers were good for a year? Better to join late November anyway, you won't have to do any real work until the new year.

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Tell them you got Covid; no one asking no questions when it comes to Covid

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Orientation is remote and would be fine to do on vacation but up to you

Such a McKinsey thing to say 😂

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