mikeerdas:
How does one, and should one, accommodate a high-performing employee with a strong work ethic who asks to take a "trip of a lifetime"--a long vacation lasting ~3-4 weeks? Is it something to seriously consider granting if the employee has accrued the time? What issues are involved?
Thanks.
Mike
The issue I see is the identification of the employee being a high-performer. Where-as we usually think more of the high performing employee and tend to want to 'help' them out, the issue isn't the employee being a great employee but how you will operate under your policy for any employee that has accrued or earned time and wants to use it. What if you had an employee that is in a protected class that was marginal but met the day to day expectations and that employee made the same request? I'm sure you would think about it of course but it is so much easier to think about if it was a great employee.
If any employee has time accrued and you can accommodate their absence certainly let them go.