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what happens when your best person disappears?
what happens when someone goes on leave without a plan & and how to make sure it never happens on your team.
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Most remote teams don't have a holiday cover problem — until they do. And by then, something's already fallen through the cracks.
Today you’ll get:
✅ Why holiday cover breaks down more in remote teams
✅ The real cost of getting it wrong (it's more than a delayed task)
✅ How to build a simple cover system that actually holds
But first…
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The real cost of getting it wrong
I've seen this play out more times than I can count.
Someone goes on leave and just three days in, a client is waiting for a reply, a decision is stuck, and a teammate is digging through someone else's Notion (or even worse, a long email thread) trying to find context they were never given.
This is what happens with no plan in place.
The cost isn't always visible immediately.
It's the client who quietly loses confidence.
The teammate who resents picking up work they weren't prepared for.
The founder who spent their Sunday evening on something that should have been handled.
It compounds.
And it's entirely avoidable.
What actually needs to happen before someone goes on leave