Why does taking PTO feel like committing a crime? I finally took a real vacation and turned off Slack, ignored emails, didn’t even bring my laptop. And yet, the whole week I had this low-key guilt buzzing in the back of my head. I know I’ve earned the time, and our company says they support time off, but in practice, there’s this unspoken badge of honor for being constantly available. Do any of you actually take PTO guilt-free?

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In my last position, I had absolutely no problem, shutting down email or texts. Almost everyone on my team except my boss — the agency owner — was respectful of my desire to stay unconnected. These days I’m solo. And I basically just send a quick email to clients and partners and say “I’m unavailable tomorrow.” Or “I’m unavailable next week.” And it’s no problem whatsoever. As my brother-in-law used to say “guilt is for the weak.” It’s your life. Don’t live it for other people.

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*Only applies here in the US.

Yay “freedom.”

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