# time off
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34:57Round 7 — Unlimited holidaysAl Elliott: Okay, so I've got one here which— all right, I think we're gonna disagree again. A job description says, we offer every employee unlimited holidays. Vacations, obviously, just in case you weren't sure you couEP 324 · 4 Aug 2026·interview· 34:57–39:3132:53Workplace Surgery: Getting Back into Routine After Time OffAl Elliott: You've got a little podcast, that's cute Leanne Elliott: I know, thank you. Available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube. Um, oblonghq.com is our organisation. You'll find me on LinkedIn. Um, I sayEP 206 · 17 Jun 2025·workplace surgery· 32:53–39:2041:58Workplace Surgery: The unlimited holiday trapLeanne Elliott: We don't like ambiguity. We don't like uncertainty. We don't know how to deal with it, how to react to it. It's just not, it's not great. The intention behind an unlimited holiday policy is really, I get EP 176 · 4 Mar 2025·workplace surgery· 41:58–45:5534:58Taking three days off when your mum has a fallAl Elliott: Right Leanne Elliott: So if your mum has a fall and you need to take 3 days off, in many, many jobs, not, you know, in many other jobs, there are kind of ways in which you can effectively swap hours. Office wEP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 34:58–36:5131:06Workplace Surgery — taking time off after resigningmidroll (Phil Agnew, Nudge): Mm-hmm Al Elliott: I just gave my employer my notice for quitting and I have an entire week off. Not 3 months, but I take a week off before I start my new company. But I feel guilty for takinEP 95 · 7 May 2024·workplace surgery· 31:06–36:33
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