The newly coined term pre-cation refers to a holiday taken by a new employee on joining a company. In complete contrast to the conventional scenario1 of a new recruit not daring to request time off until they've learnt the ropes and proved themselves valuable after several months of work, the pre-cation is a 'pre-' holiday in the literal sense it's taken before the newcomer even sits at their desk for the first time.
新词pre-cation指新职员在入职前休的假。新职员入职将来一般都不敢需要休假，要在卖力工作几个月、知道了公司状况并且证明了我们的价值将来才大概休假，与如此的常规做法完全相反的是，pre-cation（入职前休假）真的就是字面意义上的预先休假，是新职员到新公司上班之前的休假。
The concept derives2 from the observation that the most capable recruits often finish one job on Friday, collapse3 in an exhausted4 heap for two days, and then pick up the baton5 in their new post on Monday. This means that they're being expected to start afresh at a time when they're still burnt-out from the demands of a job whose exhausting nature was probably what prompted them to look elsewhere. If, however, they spend a couple of weeks recharging their batteries, they'll arguably come to their new post refreshed, energized6 and instantly productive.
入职前休假的理念源自对职员辞职入职的察看。最有能力的职员一般是周五结束在老东家的工作，累成一滩泥昏睡两天，然后周一打起精神到新公司入职。这就意味着在新公司期望他们精神饱满全新开始的时候，他们可能还处于之前的倦怠状况中，而上一份工作让人疲惫的任务状况可能正是促进他们离开是什么原因。但，假如他们在入职之前可以有几周时间给自己充充电，他们就大概精神振奋地来到新职位，充满能量而且立马就能有高效的工作状况。
