was on vacation earlier last month, during that time I was invited to a number of meetings of a local professional organization, comprising of a number of colleagues in my area. I turned them down because I had that vacation scheduled for months (it was actually a baby moon). Reached out to the chair of said employe organization asking if they could cover a large event that would be happening during my maternity leave and they said, “I should be able to, because I never take vacation”. NOT a flex my dude, actually its kind of depressing. I replied, “Great! If you decide to take your extremely deserved vacation anytime before then, I’d be happy to sub- just let me know “.
i'm so tired of vacation making people look lazy! Everytime someone tells me that they dont take vacation time, I straight up lecture them. IMO if you're not taking advantage of vacation time, you're not able to perform at your job ,100%.
unrelated: my boss called maternity leave a vacation the other day.