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winterbadger) wrote2010-03-30 11:38 am
winterbadger) wrote2010-03-30 11:38 am
bloody hell
This situation truly warrants the "pants" icon.
I had calculated to a nicety how far negative I could go in leave to take my trip next week.
As you can imagine, that didn't involve me taking nearly a week off sick (I can't recall the last time I did this that wasn't recovery from an operation).
So, I have the choice of taking my vacation as planned but taking the time off without pay (which would cost me a very large sum, let's call it X) or cancelling my trip (which would cost me, with nonrecoverable plane fare &c., about 2/3 of X).
This will be at least the third time in the past four years that I've had to cancel an overseas trip at the last minute. Of course, the last time I *took* an overseas trip it wasn't a 100% happy experience either.
*sigh*
I had calculated to a nicety how far negative I could go in leave to take my trip next week.
As you can imagine, that didn't involve me taking nearly a week off sick (I can't recall the last time I did this that wasn't recovery from an operation).
So, I have the choice of taking my vacation as planned but taking the time off without pay (which would cost me a very large sum, let's call it X) or cancelling my trip (which would cost me, with nonrecoverable plane fare &c., about 2/3 of X).
This will be at least the third time in the past four years that I've had to cancel an overseas trip at the last minute. Of course, the last time I *took* an overseas trip it wasn't a 100% happy experience either.
*sigh*
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and like the others if you're losing almost as much to cancel as take the time off, you should take the holiday.
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And, yes, I'd love to work someplace civilised, but at the moment all the prospects for me int he UK are either self-employment or studentship, neither of which are really an improvement in terms of leave.