I am planning to take 7 business days off in early March for a vacation. Thursday of Week 1 all the way to Friday of Week 2. However, with all the recent layoffs, I'm worried that doing this might put a target on my back. I haven't formally requested the time-off yet. I am planning to on Monday if I go through with this.
I can't help but think: If my director is told to lay off X number of people, he might think: Well, this person has been gone for some time and things haven't blown up, there he can be taken off the team. Or any other variation--maybe that I have a lack of commitment, etc. I know a lot of this is probably just the stress talking, but I would love to get some feedback here.
I wouldn't be able to do any remote work during my vacation because of the time difference (going overseas), and if I was sleeping in the middle of the day, it would really hamper the plans of the people I am going with, so that would then rope them into all of this.
Part of me thinks, "Oh, it's just a little less than one sprint", but the other part of me thinks, "This will paint a target on my back." It's a pretty large organization and I'm definitely not high enough to be protected.
What does everyone think? Thank you!
Life is for living, you're working this job so you can go on vacation, if you don't go you may as well already be dead.