Do you ever feel guilty when taking time off? I'm on the start of a two week vacation, but I still find myself scrolling through emails and checking emails. I even had a message from one exec asking me to move a meeting for tomorrow because despite me warning him 3 times that I would be gone and for how long, he thought it was one day. I didn't do what he wanted and passed it on to my backup. Guilt for maybe missing things and guilt for passing off work to a busy coworker. Guilt everywhere!

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If you're working while on vacation something is seriously wrong. You should just ignore any communications from work. The whole idea of time off is to take a break and come back refreshed. So unplugging honestly makes you a better employee.

I'm not so much working as I am clearing my emails. I have responded to a few things though to let people know I'm off and won't be working. My own top exec was one of them. Despite telling him three times how long I would be off, and even putting it on his calendar, he still thought I was only going to be gone for one day and not two weeks.

Up until now, the longest PTO time I have taken was about 10-11 days. In 1Q2026 I am planning on being on PTO for about 16 days with a family vacation. And I have not felt guilty one time. I know the rest of my time will take care of the important items in my work flow, and I will take care of the rest when I get back. And I have not worked for one minute while on PTO.

if you company makes your feel guilty for taking PTO, that could be a sign of a toxic work place or micromanager.

Thanks, the only one who has me feeling guilt is myself and it's 100% a personal problem. For perspective, I support 25 executives. By me passing on the work, my back up will be supporting my 25 plus her 15. She's very gracious about doing it and tells me not to check a single email, but I know the stress it will add. It's a lot.

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