from Hacker News

I am planning to take 7 business days off in early March for a vacation. Thursday of Week 1 all the way to Friday of Week 2. However, with all the recent layoffs, I'm worried that doing this might put a target on my back. I haven't formally requested the time-off yet. I am planning to on Monday if I go through with this.

I can't help but think: If my director is told to lay off X number of people, he might think: Well, this person has been gone for some time and things haven't blown up, there he can be taken off the team. Or any other variation--maybe that I have a lack of commitment, etc. I know a lot of this is probably just the stress talking, but I would love to get some feedback here.

I wouldn't be able to do any remote work during my vacation because of the time difference (going overseas), and if I was sleeping in the middle of the day, it would really hamper the plans of the people I am going with, so that would then rope them into all of this.

Part of me thinks, "Oh, it's just a little less than one sprint", but the other part of me thinks, "This will paint a target on my back." It's a pretty large organization and I'm definitely not high enough to be protected.

What does everyone think? Thank you!