The Intern and the Out-of-Office Trap
Language: en
In my sales department, we had an unwritten rule: if you needed personal time, you didn't file for leave. You filed an "Out-of-Office" field assignment. It was the only way to bypass the company’s draconian HR policy. Even a one-hour personal leave meant losing a $200 monthly attendance bonus, plus a pro-rated salary deduction. So, when my intern, Chloe Vance, came to my desk asking for time off, I didn't even look up from my spreadsheets. "Just file a field report," I said. At the end of the year, we were swamped. I finished my immediate tasks and looked up. To my surprise, Chloe was…