I do exactly this several times a year, except I time it with a public holiday so I only have to take the Friday as a day off and Ill be off the monday anyway.

I have discovered the secret to the micro vacation. Take off a Friday and the following Monday. You get a four-day work week, followed by a four-day weekend, and a final four-day work week. It’s the best. All for spending only two PTO days. And having two week days in your mini-vacation means you can actually go and…

This is super confusing as a policy. Do you have PTO as part of your package? It should be your time. Whether you use this for a fancy vacation, taking care of a sick kid or running errands is irrelevant. Definitely take vacation for some job interviews.

They shouldn’t even be asking you what you are going to do on a vacation day. Just put in a request for a vacation day, don’t tell them why or what you’re doing. It’s just a request for a vacation day (or days), nothing more need to be said about it. It’s none of their business. If they decline it they decline it but…

I dunno what todo, I had an interview, then a second call back interview, then heard nothing ever again...even after a very short and polite email just to check where I was at. And that was at what I thought was a very respectable company. It's not great if everyone treats you like trash and you never get a reply, how…