Companies Are Battling Burnout By Giving Employees More Vacation Days—But Will They Take Them?

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More than one in five companies are offering increased vacation time this year. But in a nation still reeling from the financial insecurities of the pandemic, will workers use these extra days?

, in which she issues a seemingly impossible plea: What if the U.S. workforce was required to take the same week off?

“The most interesting element of this discussion is the desperate sense that something needs to change,” Kelly says.

To combat this, Urban recommends that employers proactively encourage their employees to take days off and set expectations for the staffing they’ll need on occasions such as holiday weekends.

 

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Imagine companies booking vacations for you as an added tax deductible benefit. Good corporate pricing for them and you, increased tourism, and rested/refreshed workforce.

1. gotta be able to afford a vacation. 2. now you have to work longer hours/come in on days off to cover everyone else's vacations since the brainiacs running the show didn't have the foresight to hire more people to cover all the days off.

Hmm.

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