I feel like every time someone posts something about taking a long stint of PTO, everyone comes down and says they're gonna get fired. Take PTO, get fired. Don't, and get walked over. Yay.

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Ive taken every allotted vacation day and then some in my 25 year career in this industry. Could I have moved the comp curve faster had I not taken that time and instead devoted extra hours to the office? Probably. Am I sad that I took the time instead of the money? Not one bit. Also most layoffs in this industry are entirely outside of your control. As long as you aren’t in the bottom 10% of performers, whether you get axes or not will have nothing to do with how much vacation time you took

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Plan your PTO, book it, take it, come back recharged and continue to exceed.

Or work until you burnout and quit or get fired for underperformance.

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Take PTO. Who gives a hoot?! If you’re stressed, recharge and come back fresh. No point in burning yourself out. Maybe when I was younger I worried about it but in hindsight, it’s a false negative IMHO

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Get fired, receive severance.. not too bad

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Long stint of PTO isn't the same as taking PTO. Good or bad, we choose a career where you really can't take few weeks off at a time as you would in a corporate role. Everyone is busy and one or two people gone for long periods adds tremendously to the work load. But if you're good at what you do and have shown commitment, I'm sure taking a few days off will not only be okay, but might be welcomed by colleagues, showing you know how to destress, rinse and repeat. Underlying assumption is that you don't work with dicks

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