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Is your summer break a boon or a burden?

When you're a kid, summer means one thing - vacation. For most adults, however, summertime is just another season of five day work weeks and casual Fridays. Unless, that is, you do something like teach or work in Hollywood. Then summer means you're on break, or hiatus, or whatever your chosen industry calls it.

If your job breaks for summer, Marketplace has a question for you: is your time off a welcome change, or does it cause a financial headache? Tell us here.

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Where do you work?

What's your job title?

How, if at all, do your work hours change during the summer?

How, if at all, is your income affected by your summer hiatus/change in work hours?

How, if at all, do you plan for this seasonal change in income?

What, if anything, do you do to help make ends meet during your summer hiatus/change in work hours (find a temp job, start a small side business, etc.)?

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