The Anonymous Production Assistant

How to Ask for the Day Off

Ferris Bueller

Zack writes in about taking days off in the middle of a production: I am about to start work as an Office PA on a TV show. It’s a long run, from July to April. I have 2 -3 days sporadically that I know I will need off. I am prepared to ask well in […]

Vacation Plans

Caroline writes: I just got a job as an office PA at a TV show production office. Unfortunately, I had a trip planned for a month into the job that I long before I was hired. Would it be unwise to request a half day on a Friday and offer to work extra other days […]