So in the case where the company has forced a block of 4 or 5 days off, (which is pretty much just using your monthly days off entitlement)....you can't get any days off around it to make it even a respectable week away? Not like office workers who get their five days leave but get a block of nine off? Wow..if that's the case, they're certainly finding new and wonderful ways to drive people out the door.