re: Taking vacation after starting a new job.

Hell. When I’m interviewing people and i believe they’re the likely candidate, I ask them if they have any plans that would interfere with their likely start date and I let them know not to sweat it. That way it’s always out in the open.

I’ve even worked with one to schedule his onboarding after a week he took between his last job and this one. Little things like that go a long way to finding and retaining quality employees.