Elan Bibas on his experience requesting 8 weeks of unpaid time off from work for 'Love Island' // TRAIN BRAIN

Elan Bibas on his experience requesting 8 weeks of unpaid time off from work for 'Love Island'

People typically request time off at least a couple of weeks in advance. Elan Bibas, 25, had just three days to ask for an eight-week leave.
In late May, Bibas says he was working full-time as a management technology consultant when he got the call: The producers of “Love Island USA” wanted him to be on season seven of the show. If he were to accept the offer, he had three days to get on a plane to Fiji, where the show would be filmed.
“It was incredibly stressful,” he says, but luckily, “I have really good relationships with people at my work.”

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