Episode 8: Out of Office Chaos

Welcome back to Coworking Chaos — where the only thing harder than actually taking PTO… is pretending you don’t feel guilty about it.

This week, we’re diving into the unspoken rules of remote work PTO etiquette. Why does asking for time off feel illegal when you don’t even commute? Why do we overexplain our PTO requests like we’re defending a thesis? And why does someone always say, “I’ll still be checking emails periodically”?

We’re covering:

• The mental gymnastics of requesting PTO
• Remote work boundaries (Slack on your phone… but you’re “fully off”)
• The panic of seeing a notification while poolside
• The coworker who emails while OOO just to flex
• The emotional rollercoaster of coming back to 247 unread emails

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