These people would die if they ever had to work in the private sector. I'm betting a bunch of them will find out soon enough what the private sector is all about and they'll wish they had taken a few seconds/minutes to simply put down a few bullet points of what makes them important enough to keep their jobs.
I would think most would take it as an opportunity to brag on what you do and how important your tasks are. Hell, you might get a promotion!
When I leave the office for more than a couple of days I have to type out what projects I'm working on, where those projects are, who my contacts are, what could go wrong while I'm out, what goals I intend for my crews in the field to hit while I'm out, etc ... Even then I will STILL get phone calls, texts, and emails asking me questions so everything continues to run smoothly. We call it the vacation penalty and we pay it before we leave, and after we get back. A one week vacation brings me back to close to 300 emails to sort through when I get back.
KC