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Poll: How many weeks off do you take this year?
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Jun 8, 2021

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Marjolein Snippe
Marjolein Snippe  Identity Verified
Países Bajos
Local time: 03:25
Miembro 2012
inglés al neerlandés
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Not quite sure yet Jun 8, 2021

I have not planned the summer holidays yet, but I have already taken a week off in spring, with two more weeks planned throughout the year, plus at least a week around Christmas. I like my work but I love being outside, which is usually what my holidays amount to (walking, cycling, sailing).

Aline Brito
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 02:25
Miembro 2007
inglés al portugués
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Other Jun 8, 2021

I have been working straight through the year for a while. I used to take long vacations when my children were still at home, but they are long gone and we haven’t spent vacations together for some time (trying to get 14 people agreeing on the same date and place is an almost impossible task…). I enjoy having one or two days off here and there between jobs, rather than very few long vacations. This last weekend was a long one as I had no work last Friday or yesterday. It all adds up probably... See more
I have been working straight through the year for a while. I used to take long vacations when my children were still at home, but they are long gone and we haven’t spent vacations together for some time (trying to get 14 people agreeing on the same date and place is an almost impossible task…). I enjoy having one or two days off here and there between jobs, rather than very few long vacations. This last weekend was a long one as I had no work last Friday or yesterday. It all adds up probably to more than 4/5 weeks a year, but I’m not counting!Collapse


Helena Chavarria
 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 03:25
italiano al inglés
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I wish I knew Jun 8, 2021

All the places I would go to are outside this country, so until we get the all-clear for travelling we are stuck at home.
And if I'm home I may as well be available for work, of which there is fortunately no shortage at the moment.


Liena Vijupe
Agnes Fatrai
Giovana Zaltron
 
Ventnai
Ventnai  Identity Verified
España
Local time: 03:25
alemán al inglés
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surely "will you take"? Jun 8, 2021

I'm hoping for a week or so in Switzerland to visit friends toward the end of August and then visit my parents for a week in the UK in October after 18 months. It all very much depends on how COVID progresses and any restricitons governments may place on travel

writeaway
 
neilmac
neilmac
España
Local time: 03:25
español al inglés
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Other Jun 8, 2021

I have to go back to the UK for two weeks this summer - which I would rather not have to do, but in this case it's an obligation. However, I will still be working there, although at a more leisurely pace than usual.

Mervyn Henderson (X)
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Reino Unido
Local time: 02:25
Miembro 2008
italiano al inglés
Surely "are you taking"? Jun 8, 2021

No?

[Edited at 2021-06-08 10:36 GMT]


writeaway
Jennifer White
Rachel Fell
ipv
Aline Amorim
 
25% taking none?! Jun 8, 2021

Seriously?!

Work to live, no?


Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
Becca Resnik
IrinaN
Philippe Etienne
ipv
Mervyn Henderson (X)
Aline Amorim
 
Jean Dimitriadis
Jean Dimitriadis  Identity Verified
inglés al francés
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Deleted Jun 8, 2021

Deleted

[Edited at 2021-06-09 04:17 GMT]


 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Reino Unido
Local time: 02:25
Miembro 2008
italiano al inglés
nice Jun 8, 2021

I live in such a nice place that I have no great desire to get away from it.

[Edited at 2021-06-08 13:38 GMT]


Mervyn Henderson (X)
Philip Lees
 
IrinaN
IrinaN
Estados Unidos
Local time: 20:25
inglés al ruso
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My usual Jun 8, 2021

8, at least, for anything from beauty sleep at home to ocean resorts.

But I'm not familiar with species like regular hours and weekends - I can lead this kind of lifestyle and I cherish it, so days/hours wise I work no less during the year than anyone who observes it and takes just one or two weeks.

When I work, I work. When I play, I play.


Liviu-Lee Roth
 
Yolande Hivart
Yolande Hivart
Austria
Local time: 03:25
Miembro 2016
alemán al francés
Other Jun 8, 2021

I do not take a whole week at once unless I am recovering from such burn-out jobs that I can afford to lose clients for the rest of the month.

When I started out, I thought it would be a nice thing to announce it to my clients so that they plan, but it usually ended up that they sent me more work on the day I said to be offline than the 3 previous weeks as if they wanted to check if I am still alive.

So it will not be officially talking taking off to my clients... maybe
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I do not take a whole week at once unless I am recovering from such burn-out jobs that I can afford to lose clients for the rest of the month.

When I started out, I thought it would be a nice thing to announce it to my clients so that they plan, but it usually ended up that they sent me more work on the day I said to be offline than the 3 previous weeks as if they wanted to check if I am still alive.

So it will not be officially talking taking off to my clients... maybe "too busy to answer within the hour"...
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Philip Lees
 
Matthias Brombach
Matthias Brombach  Identity Verified
Alemania
Local time: 03:25
Miembro 2007
neerlandés al alemán
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From translation at all? Jun 8, 2021

... perhaps the rest of the year.

Mervyn Henderson (X)
 
Aline Amorim
Aline Amorim  Identity Verified
Brasil
Local time: 23:25
inglés al portugués
+ ...
None Jun 8, 2021

I do not take any one week week this year, but I admit that I need little rest because rest the mind.

Philip Lees
 
Sergiy Butkov
Sergiy Butkov
Ucrania
Local time: 04:25
Miembro 2014
ruso al inglés
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... Jun 8, 2021

I'm afraid I forgot the meaning of the phrase "day off" needless to say about "weeks".

 
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