You work for an international company and you need some time off to attend a family celebration. Write a letter to the company’s manager. In your letter:  give details of the celebration  explain the reason why you need time off  suggest a way to have your work done during that time

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Scott. As we discussed

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morning, I am writing

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letter to ask for your permission to take some time out of the office on Friday

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week to attend my cousin's baptism. As you may know, my whole family is Catholic which means that

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is one of the most important events that we have when it comes to our religion.

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, all my relatives will probably attend the event even those who have been living abroad, so it would be an

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situation whether I have not attended to it. The main reason why I need to get my compensation time off in advance is due to the fact that the celebration will be held in the countryside in a city called San Andreas which is roughly seven hundred kilometres away from here;

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I will not be able to show up in the office

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day. I have already talked to Julie from legal to attend

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duties while I am away. She had accepted the request even before I talked to her since she knows my family very well.

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demonstrates that she is the right person for the role. Hope you

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understand my request as it is very important to me. Looking forward to hearing from you. Yours Sincerely, Jim Halpert.