Vacation time- Use every bit because it’s part of your salary? Or leave most of it on the table so you don’t look like a lazy bum?

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USE IT Jesus I hate this country sometimes. We shouldn't be made to feel like "lazy bums" for taking 2 weeks off from our desk job.

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Too bad. Fuck em. Life is too short. Go enjoy those days you've already earned

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Do NOT allow vacation shaming to make you leave days on the table. Take the days; your work, sanity and life need and will benefit from it. No one looks back and wishes they worked more.

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USE EM ALL. And just know: nobody is actually paying attention or cares. Think about it...do you ever notice when your coworkers take vacation? Nope!

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Taking a vacation is necessary to your physical and mental health, and to your performance at work. It's not an option. TAKE VACATION.

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HOWS IS THIS STILL A QUESTION JESUS F CHRIST 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Oh I’m with you. 100%. But I constantly feel as though I’m inconveniencing others- even though I give plenty (months) of notice.

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Use it. Use it all. Every single minute. It’s part of your compensation.

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Ugh this subject kills me. On my team all the 30-somethings (including me) take vacation days with no apologies and have no qualms about saying they can't work weekends if we/they indeed can't work that weekend. But I see the 20-something team members routinely canceling vacations, etc for the sake of the job. One person didn't go to a family baby shower last month (a 3-hr event on a Sunday) for the job and it fucking killed me. It pained me to see her miss a family event like that for this dumb job that doesn't give a shit about her. People, take your vacation. Live your lives.

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Use it all. Do kick ass work the rest of the time.

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👆 Great point.

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Sop it up like a biscuit in gravy. Unless you're hoarding it for the paycheck when you quit (double check that your agency does that though). Take. All. The. Days.

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Unless you get a payout for not using it, why leave money on the table?

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I use every single one of those days.

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I bank them until I’m maxed out, then use everyday I’ve got after that so that my vacation days carry over, and if I ever leave I’ve got a nice little goodbye gift.

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It drives me crazy when people who don't take their vacation then brag about how much vacation time they have because they are 'so busy' and 'so important' to a particular client or account. It's self-inflating and makes them sound like an ass. Take your vacation. Every single second of it.

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For heavens sake - USE THEM ALL.

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2 f'n weeks! Compared to other industries, this amount of vacation is peanuts.

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Take em. If it removes any guilt: People who don't take vacations tend to be a hazard and actually unproductive. Your boss will thank you for that. Last thing s/he wants is a demotivated burned out employee who brings down morale on the team.

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Take them but don't make a big deal about it ... I hate when direct reports do shit like take off every Friday in Q4 to use up every last day. Just take a real vacation and plan for coverage, then come back and do your job.

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