Gary Varga (9/1/2014)
The issue is similar, but not the same, for freelancers. There is a fear that one cannot ignore calls from agencies, queries from the current client or contact from previous clients. The reality is that it can usually wait.
Indeed. I've found most are happy enough with a "I'm on vacation, can we discuss this when I get back?". The ones who aren't are usually ones I'm not keen on working with at all because they're unreasonable in other areas (wanting to pay peanuts for complex work that must be done in a fraction of the time it needs and then screaming about problems)
Ironically, during my holiday this year the only contact I needed to have was because SSC decided to post my first editorial
Hehe. I was checking mail ever few days because I'd had to write a report on SQLBits for my boss and I wanted to make sure he was happy with it. But that was mostly open mail, notice there's no reply from him, close mail.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability