Some temps (students) for customer-service jobs, but mostly the work is passed on to colleagues and often… just not done. I used to work for a BtoB ad/communication agency, and August basically didn’t count. “So, this will take 4 months. It’s early June… Expect it early November.”
Out-of-office auto replies typically say: “I’ll be away until [Three weeks later]. For emergencies, contact Colleague. Otherwise, I’ll read your email as soon as I’m back at work and get back to you!”
I actually took my vacation weeks in September, because August in the office was almost a vacation by itself. Everybody was gone, you were just holding the fort in case there was a fire or something.
Some temps (students) for customer-service jobs, but mostly the work is passed on to colleagues and often… just not done. I used to work for a BtoB ad/communication agency, and August basically didn’t count. “So, this will take 4 months. It’s early June… Expect it early November.”
Out-of-office auto replies typically say: “I’ll be away until [Three weeks later]. For emergencies, contact Colleague. Otherwise, I’ll read your email as soon as I’m back at work and get back to you!”
I actually took my vacation weeks in September, because August in the office was almost a vacation by itself. Everybody was gone, you were just holding the fort in case there was a fire or something.