Do you take off from work to study?

I’m taking two weeks. Using vaca days for the one week and company gives me a week off just to take the exam.
Greenman: You FIL is a major doooosh. I think the equilency math is Level I < CPA < Level II. And that’s now not 1964 when he took the exam.
 
Nice SW reference in the name.
Yeah, daddy-in-law is certainly on the dooshy side. But in order to be fair, we don’t live in an area with a lot of Charterholders, and he’s been pretty successful without it. He’s a combination of corporate controller/tax manager for his company. So he thinks that CPA is the only designation that’s ever been worth getting. He doesn’t recognize the value of the charter.
 
I think I took off the Friday before the exam and maybe Thursday too for levels 2 and 3, but that was just to make up for actually enjoying Memorial Day weekend.
 
I usually only take a off a few days before the exam. This year I’m taking 3 weeks for level III. It’s my entire allocation for the year. The way I look at it, if I pass, all of next year will be a vacation.
 
I won’t be taking the week off before the exam this year because I need the vacation days for an actual vacation planned later in the year.
However, I took a week off before writing level 1 in 2010, as well as three of the three other coworkers of mine who were writing the CFA at that point in time (we had a fairly large team so having four people off for the same week was allowed in this exception - plus it was BO - plus our manager understood).
So thats 4 more people who took a week off prior to the exam to add to your 100 person survey.
 
No, but I’m leaving work 2 hours earlier every single day in May (without permission) to study (in addition to taking the last week in May off)..
I’m in an unusal work situation where they don’t wish that I pass (b/c I’ll likely be leaving for a better job.) I’m literally the only employee left at “joke” of a firm..
 
blackomen wrote:
No, but I’m leaving work 2 hours earlier every single day in May (without permission) to study (in addition to taking the last week in May off)..
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The question is, “Do you take time off from work to study?”
BlackOmen answered, “No, I do not. However, I leave work two hours early every day to study. I also take the last week in May off from work, so that I can study.”
I’m confused.
 
Greenman72 wrote:
blackomen wrote:
No, but I’m leaving work 2 hours earlier every single day in May (without permission) to study (in addition to taking the last week in May off)..
Click to expand...
The question is, “Do you take time off from work to study?”
BlackOmen answered, “No, I do not. However, I leave work two hours early every day to study. I also take the last week in May off from work, so that I can study.”
I’m confused.
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Short answer: Yes.
 
I took time off for each level. At least 2-3 days for L1 and L2 and the full week for L3. It’s worth it for the extra peace of mind. You really can get a lot done when you don’t have work getting in the way.
I even sent my family away so I could have the place to myself for L2 and L3.
 
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