In my experience it's hard to get redundancy, teams are run lean enough (esp today w/ layoffs) that there isn't really much slack, deliverables and work doesn't

In my experience it's hard to get redundancy, teams are run lean enough (esp today w/ layoffs) that there isn't really much slack, deliverables and work doesn't really go away, it just piles up until you get back. It's usually almost a job in itself handing things off so things don't drop to the floor.