Jan 19th, 2010 at 8:30AM: Not everyone is as brazen as Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter. While his publication was in the middle of cutting 5 percent of its staff, he made himself scarce. But, you can do that when you're the top dog. Most people don't take vacations when the Grim Reaper is mingling among the cubicles. They'd rather be at their desks, they convince themselves, generating value for shareholders and demonstrating ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Change the Trend: Use Your Vacation Days
Jan 19th, 2010 at 8:30AM: Not everyone is as brazen as Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter. While his publication was in the middle of cutting 5 percent of its staff, he made himself scarce. But, you can do that when you're the top dog. Most people don't take vacations when the Grim Reaper is mingling among the cubicles. They'd rather be at their desks, they convince themselves, generating value for shareholders and demonstrating ...Good news and bad: Rabbit Hill Inn extends pink slip getaways
Jun 25th, 2009 at 1:00PM: I guess it's a bad sign that this deal has been extended. Popular demand, however, has prompted the management of the Rabbit Hill Inn to stretch out its "Pink Slip Getaway Giveaway" program. Originally planned to run through the end of the year, it's now going to last until April 2010. Every month – except September and October, the Rabbit Hill Inn will pony up at least one two-night getaway ...Laid off? Take off! Intrepid extends deal
Jun 5th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Layoffs may be slowing down a little, but they're still coming. So, if you need to disappear to collect your thoughts for a while, Intrepid Travel is still willing to help. The company has extended its 15 percent discount for recent layoff victims, which are good on more than 400 Intrepid adventures in more than 90 countries. The catch? You need to book by the last day of 2009.
To take advantage ...Guilt-free vacation, part II: free your inner workaholic
May 29th, 2009 at 3:00PM: If you haven't read the earlier installments in this series, check them out:
Guilt and fear: balancing vacations, work and getting away with either
Fear-free vacation, part I: look busy while you recharge
Fear-free vacation, part II: look busy while you recharge
Guilt-free vacation, part I: free your inner workaholic
Once you're up to speed, check out the latest round of tips ...Guilt-free vacation, part I: free your inner workaholic
May 28th, 2009 at 3:00PM: If you haven't read about how to screw-off and look good while you're on vacation, check out yesterday's article. This is what you're up against. The workaholic invests even vacation time in career success, and to look like that white-collar stud, you need to deliver beyond the appearances of your lazy, poseur coworkers.
But, you will.
When you get to the office, you see opportunities rather than ...Fear-free vacation, part I: look busy while you recharge
May 26th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Many are afraid to take vacations these days, according to a recent study by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. The 200,000 layoffs in the United States in January alone underscore the importance of looking essential in the workplace. But, you can't push on forever. Fatigue will catch up with you, and you'll just need a break. Instead of skipping your vacation and burning out – or taking your ...Guilt and fear: balancing vacations, work and getting away with either
May 25th, 2009 at 3:00PM: People are nervous. They're afraid to appear unnecessary in a market where employees are being shed regularly. The strain is brutal. We're all "doing more with less," which increases stress and compounds the need for a break. If you decide to take that vacation, you have two options: look valuable or be valuable.
Looking valuable is tough. Skillful deceit is necessary to create the various ...Roll the dice with "job-loss guarantees"
Apr 12th, 2009 at 12:00PM: It makes a lot of sense right now. You have a job, and you're feeling comfortable in it. You've survived the latest round of layoffs, and it looks like the bleeding has stopped for a while. Or, you're just so stressed out you throw caution to the wind and book a vacation, just so you can recharge a bit. But, you aren't reckless. Because we all live and work in a world at financial risk, you had ...Economic slow-down hits Lonely Planet: Guidebook publisher to lay off 10% of workforce
Feb 25th, 2009 at 8:30AM: It's not exactly General Motors laying off 60,000, but for most travel writers, this piece of news hits closer to home. The massive guidebook publisher Lonely Planet has just announced that, because of the recent economic down-turn, the company will be sacking 10% of its workforce.
Sure, it's only 50 people that are being let go, but the news will no doubt have guidebook and other travel writers ...Are you going on vacation this year?
Feb 12th, 2009 at 12:00PM: The answers seem to be all over the map. Few have extra cash on their hands, and those who are working are still worried about what the future will bring. It's tough to dash off to somewhere exotic – or even somewhere that's not home – when you don't know if your income will be there when you get back. But, sometimes you just have to get out of town. There is some truth to the fact ...We Hope NWA Treats Its Passengers Better...
Jan 24th, 2007 at 2:13PM: CNN Money ran it's 101 Dumbest Moments in Business site again this year. #2 was unbelievable. Apparently, just before laying off 4000+ more workers mid-last-year during its bankruptcy, Northwest Airlines handed out to its employees a guide for saving money: 101 Ways to Save Money.
The guide had in it suggestions such as #46 "don't be shy about pulling something you like out of the trash." Or, ...
