| I am an office manager of a 2 girl office, and I try to make sure that the girl who works with me gets time off when she requests it. Why, because she is so good that I would not want to lose her and have to train someone else. Before you make too many requests, make sure that you are an employee that the manager would not want to replace., even it it means going out of your way to make sure that everything gets done in a neat and orderly fashion. Find ways to do your job better than anyone else. Make the manager so happy with your work that she/he will gladly do what it takes to keep you from leaving. It may even get her promoted and you may soon become the new manager.
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Patricia
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