my boss just gives everyone still in the office during christmas times unnecessary work and projects just cause „nobody will be here anyways and better than sitting around not doing much“ while he is off work, goddamn they always come up with random shit at the year-end and stress you out to finish it that same year

god forbid that people take it a bit slow and chilled during christmas days

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Thank you for sharing this. I'm sorry for your loss but recognizing his suffering was a really empathetic response and I think you made the right choice. It's so hard to lose the ones we love! RIP Orion.

It sucks. My Orion,17yom, went through this. He had a mini stroke and got progressively vocal during the day and then at night. Went to the vet and tried to find a solution.

Decided to put him down. It was hard, he was awesome. Hardest thing that I chose to do.

Miss him so much.

Let'em go.

We had this with one of our cats and our first dog.
The cat was severely ill. His kidneys were dying. With the right medication, he could have lived for about three more years. But he was vomiting constantly, totally incontinent, and rapidly losing weight. The decision was made to euthanize him.
With our dog, he was showing clear signs of severe lethargy and he had this hacking wheeze related to an enlarged heart. He’d stand still for several minutes straight and not respond to us at all. We made an appointment to take him is for a check up, but we knew that a 13 year old cockapoo showing these signs meant the end was coming. We were prepared to euthanize him if it came down to it.
He died of a heart attack two days before his vet appointment.
Pets are not forever. They’re real creatures with a finite lifespan. It’s better for them to go out in peace than struggle until their body gives out.

This is great advice because when you take a travel vacation not associated with a major holiday, it'll be cheaper and there will be fewer people traveling. Far less agony altogether

I’m in south Florida so I usually schedule mine in the heart of summer where it’s brutal to work outside

This is what my family did and it was the best choice. Ours was a little older and had a myriad of health issues. Having that closure at home was worth everything to us. I cannot support this enough.

My dog is always sneezing in my face. So one day I got him back, he didn’t like it lol

So I always say with pets, it is always better to put them out of their misery a little too early than a little too late. And if you're starting to have that ethical debate it's probably about that time.

Soo. Thing is, this might work for you but not everyone else in your family. As you said, most take holiday season off. It’s when family coordinate to be off at the same time. If you’re plan is to relax then sure. But if your plan is to visit family and actually hang out with them use your PTO on holidays

Wait, tonic water for cramps or for restless legs? If its a choice between tonic water and pickle juice im choosing tonic water goddammit!

Time to say goodbye

Yeah. It always messed up my work in clinical drug manufacturing. We shut down for the week between xmas and new years, because everyone always wanted to take it off anyways (usually 23 Dec to 02 Jan we didn't work). But the week before and after we were always super busy to make sure we had enough stuff in stock, or catch up on stock because drug shipments still went out. We always had people take off the week before or after so they could have 2 weeks off straight. Even though it was only 3 people at a time, it would fuck us over pretty bad.

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You learned this too late in your career?????? Every year our office is slow af

It's pretty common to gain a few pounds. I start reeling in my eating on the 26th, so it's usually not too bad for me.

Use your PTO when you need it or want to.

Regardless of the season.

If you planned and saved it for the Holidays, good for you.

Put that cat out of its misery

Nooooo donor do this!!! If you take time off when everyone else is working your inbox will be filled making your return even worse. If you’re off when everyone else is your back to work will be much easier

17 is a long life for a cat. Do the right thing. At home euthanasia. It costs a bit more, but is 1000x more peaceful for them.

I have way too much vacation: no need to save it lol.

Been doing this years. For medical reasons. And it works like that.

This is a really weird post.

Also take your holiday when the colleague you hate is at work. This way you get twice as much time away from them.