Many of you probably know just how vital it is for your boss to be empathetic. When someone in upper management genuinely cares about their employees and supports them, they return that respect byhow policy changes affect the actual staff. Redditor u/kiltedturtle regaled the r/MaliciousCompliance community with a story about how their colleaguesagainst a decision to ban vacation day rollovers to the next year. It’s proof that you don’t ever want to alienate your most talented workers.
Any vacation time not carried over is lost, forever, as per the Office of Human Resources Management with the US Government. So, there’s a very clear incentive to use what you have., in 2023, a whopping 62% of American workers didn’t use all of their vacation time. A survey conducted by fintech lending firm ‘Sorbet’ found that around a third of people’s time off ended up being wasted. 5.5% of workers didn’t take any time off that year.
If you take that flexibility away, you’re essentially reducing the number of reasons why all of those skilled folks you employ should stay with you. Don’t be surprised if they decide to jump ship… whether partly out of spite or to get the best possible benefits package they can.. Someone else might prefer taking several weeks off all at once to completely disconnect from work, take long trips, focus on their passion projects, etc.