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Knowing the manager, he was extremely devoted to his work, the company and the craft. He was just holding holding me to his own standards.

I'm assuming this is a problem in a lot of organisations; the people who rise to the top are the ones who lean more towards work on the work-life balance scale.

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> Knowing the manager, he was extremely devoted to his work, the company and the craft. He was just holding holding me to his own standards.

He doesn't seem to have attained a high level of proficiency in the craft of people management and employee retention, though :)

It can also just be an HR challenge in some organizations. It shouldn’t be, but sometimes organizations can get pretty rigid on how they define jobs and roles.

It is weird sometimes. Took me about ten recruiters reaching out before I finally found a company that was even willing to negotiate on vacation days. I have 23 vacation days a year, no thanks, I’m not going back to 15 until I work at your company for five years. Just accepted a new position with a 15% pay raise and 20 days, which when I do the math 23x=20x*1.15, which is funny because I came up with the number right on the spot and somehow did the math so I’d be getting equivalent monetary value benefits for my PTO.

And I am here complaining about my 30 vacation days. Good to get some perspective sometimes.

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