Comments on: the problem with attending team/project meetings on vacation https://www.selikoff.net/2023/12/03/the-problem-with-attending-team-project-meetings-on-vacation/ Java/J2EE Software Development and Technology Discussion Blog Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:30:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeanne Boyarsky https://www.selikoff.net/2023/12/03/the-problem-with-attending-team-project-meetings-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-347867 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:30:52 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=17033#comment-347867 In reply to Ulf.

@Ulf: I agree! And “volunteering” to work on vacation isn’t much better than being required to in my mind!

]]> By: Jeanne Boyarsky https://www.selikoff.net/2023/12/03/the-problem-with-attending-team-project-meetings-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-347866 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:29:48 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=17033#comment-347866 In reply to Szymon Glombiowski.

Thanks @Syzmon! I knew it was a thing; I forgot the name.

]]> By: Ulf https://www.selikoff.net/2023/12/03/the-problem-with-attending-team-project-meetings-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-347142 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:08:22 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=17033#comment-347142 It seems like a pretty toxic workplace that requires employees to work during vacation. Answering emails and attending IS work, so by definition it’s not vacation. There should be a handover from the employee to colleagues before the vacation, and a briefing of said colleague about what happened after it.

Honestly, how many meetings are there where the presence or absence of one particular person makes or breaks the meeting? Colleagues that may be impacted should be aware of when someone is on leave, and plan accordingly. And for the rare occurrence where an urgent situation requires someone to attend from the road, that should then count as a workday, and not as vacation.

]]> By: Szymon Glombiowski https://www.selikoff.net/2023/12/03/the-problem-with-attending-team-project-meetings-on-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-347137 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 06:07:48 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=17033#comment-347137 The mandatory leave in financial institutions is called MTA – mandatory time away and is a way fot the bank to proof they have a process in place to detect fraud. It can be holidays or any other planned absence. Your access to internal systems is usually locked in that time.

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