The calendar slave problem

There are ways around this, and yet we still do it too much.

Years ago, in what feels like a different professional era for me, I worked with a dude named James. He was a HR Director. I only worked at this specific gig for about 16 weeks, i.e. four months. James did not take any vacation during this time (typical American). Literally all 16 of the Mondays that I worked with him, his calendar looked like the one y…