I haven't seen a rule, but I've been places where it was discouraged to take your vacation time that way. I think it basically comes down to pettiness. Like you're getting away with something working four day weeks when everyone else has to work five! (And, you know, take two weeks off in the summer or whatever.)

*Boggles* Until the last few years, all I took was long weekends, plus the occasional Wednesday, with my paid time off. I don't know why a company would rather have somebody gone for an extended period one time a year than take intermittent days off.

My agent has only worked Monday through Thursday (year round) for probably fifteen years now. Seniority has its perks, I guess.

Being senior for fifteen years is either cool as shit or kinda depressing.

I'm not sure she's ever worked anywhere else, honestly. She's been at the agency for probably thirty years now, and she's one of the VPs.

We've got several people here who've been with the company long enough that they only way to use up their vacation time is to take 4-day weeks about half the year. (And if we're really busy and need all hands on deck, they'll come in anyway, so it's not like we're constantly short-staffed.)

I think it basically comes down to pettiness. Like you're getting away with something working four day weeks when everyone else has to work five! (And, you know, take two weeks off in the summer or whatever.)

Yeah, I think that's about it. Frankly, I think I would get out of doing more work if I took the full week.

I have no standing meetings on Fridays, and obviously would be flexible about it.

I think part of the reasoning is that if you're taking off all the Fridays, other people don't get a shot at the Fridays.

mac was off with noissues this morning. in fact, by the afternoon we had noissues. silly little man, it takes him so long to learn things.

ion, a co-worker brought in bagels this morning and they are a hero. omg I was so hangry and carby goodness with fat smear is just the ticket.

Hourly folk at my company are urged to work a 9/80 schedule (9 hour days M-Th, every other Friday off). So any given Friday, only half the hourly staff is there. Then you add in the salaried staff who take a long weekend...our Friday's are pretty quiet. Nice to get caught up on work, but sucky if you need responses from other folk.

Today has started with a migraine. My workload is light at the moment, so maybe I'll take a half day, as in nap now, work later.

It’s sad that msbelle has already forgotten what a real bagel is.