Cyndy with a really nice set of procedures for making sure things don't fall apart while you're gone:

" I don't know what your network "looks like"; mine is a law firm network (about 18 attorneys and 35 staff). I take the position that, barring something really unusual, the office should be able to function without my babysitting for a couple of weeks (what if I were hit by a bus!?), and that it's part of my job to make sure that works."

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