Can you take a day off without having coverage?

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Sometimes I would love to have a job where I could take a day off, and not have to worry about coverage.

EDIT: to match poll.

 

[thedarkwolf]

I'm the 12am - 8am and the only guy so no

 

[Spineshank]

I can but then it all turns to crap anyhow if im not around.

 

[Wapp]

Five man team with an on-call phone. We can all call in as long as someone can answer the phone and respond in four hours. =) We have two SysAdmin openings if anyone is interested.

 

[Bootprint]

Nope.

Doesn't help we've got 11 12hour shifts(Sunday night until Saturday morning) and only have 4 people plus one in training.

 

[judasmachine]

Job One: Yup, I just flip the sign and go home and make myself a sammich.
Job Two: I only go there when the Doctor needs me.
Job Three: Not a chance in H311.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Aww I screwed up the poll because I didn't pay attention and you reversed the question from the topic summary. -1 no, +1 yes.

 

[leftyman]

no

 

[Sinsear]

No

 

[Jawo]

Confusing poll...(opposite of OP question)

But no replacement is needed for me, I'm non essential!

 

[moshquerade]

No, and there is a lot of rescheduling.

 

[kevnich2]

Luckily this is the first job where I can say....I can take a day off at any time without needing someone to cover for me or having to give any type of advance notice. Being the systems admin has it's perks. Of course if anything happens while I'm off, my cell phone rings constantly but that rarely happens now that I have actually upgraded our company to the 21st century with all of our servers and network backbone.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Nope. Sick days cause a mad scramble.

- M4H

 

[krunchykrome]

Apparently yes, but this is a new job, so we'll see when I request a vacation.

 

[bucwylde23]

Originally posted by: Wapp
Five man team with an on-call phone. We can all call in as long as someone can answer the phone and respond in four hours. =) We have two SysAdmin openings if anyone is interested.

Where are the jobs located? Alexandria?

 

[Feldenak]

I can't take a day off work without someone calling my cell or emailing me. Blackberries are nice but the company leash is too long.

 

[meltdown75]

edit: goddammit. poll blows

Yes I can take a day off without someone covering me.

No I do not need coverage.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

OP sucks at pollage.

And no, I don't need someone to cover me. I make my own schedule.

 

[Arcex]

As the sole IT person (Admin, tech, peon) for the entire office of 60 people...


No.

 

[Descartes]

I clicked yes because your poll sucks.

Anyway, I actually took of yesterday. The fiance and I wanted to do some things, so we decided to take off. All it takes is a text message to someone at the office. I don't have to ask for permission. It's one of the benefits of being a consultant and self-employed.

 

[purepolly]

No way. We (the outgoing shift) can't even leave at the end of the shift unless we have a complete crew coming on or NOD approval.

 

[Regs]

Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
I can but then it all turns to crap anyhow if im not around.

Yeap. I have 3x that amount of work next day. So 8 hours of bliss and 8 hours of ****** terror the next day.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Depends on the day.

 

[halik]

yeah, plus unlimited sick days

 

[Aikouka]

No one needs to cover for me if I take a day off.