Taking a day off:
1) Clear it with your local team
2) Clear it with your boss
3) Send an e-mail to your boss reminding him about it when it gets close to time
4) Add a appointment in the global team calendar
5) Change your out of office reply in your e-mail
6) Change your voice mail on your cell
7) Change your voice mail on your desk phone
8) Send an e-mail to some folks in another city
9) Take your day off
10) Return, change your out of office reply
11) Change your voice mail back
12) E-mail another person in a different state telling them you were gone a day
13) Update your vacation allocation calendar
Takes about 2 hours of prep time to take 8 hours off. Have to communicate with 24 other people each and every time you take a day off.
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