Small story this week, people seemed more tense than usual. the leave requests topic came up in two different conversations. My coworkers are solid, but uncertainty makes everyone a little jumpy. My coworkers are solid, but uncertainty makes everyone a little jumpy. It feels like different teams are operating off different assumptions. I don’t mind hard work; I mind confusion and rework. Has anyone found a good way to bring up leave requests in a 1:1 without it turning into a defensive conversation