[outworlder]

> There is no snowballs chance in hell that a company will tolerate absence of their management staff that is longer than 4 weeks

That's a very US-centric view.

In some countries, people get 4 weeks vacations yearly, and can take them all in one block. Yes. A full month outside work. Fully outside, not this "I'm away but will be available by mail" BS.

If this is expected, companies will plan for it and will survive just fine. Normalizing the non-stop grind should not be acceptable.