Learn how to make the most of your time off
- Piggyback on public holidays to create longer breaks
- Take off Mondays to extend your time off
- Many workers don’t have paid time off
- Without a strategy, vacation days can feel wasted
Congratulations on acing your first test of vacation-day math by taking New Year’s Day off. But with limited paid time off, it’s important to have a strategy to make the most of your vacation days. One trick is to piggyback on public holidays to create longer breaks. Another is to take off Mondays, allowing you to extend your time off. Unfortunately, not everyone has the luxury of paid time off, with one in five U.S. private-sector workers having no PTO. Without a strategy, even a generous number of vacation days can leave you feeling like you never truly got away from work.
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Justification: The article provides factual information about the limited number of paid time off for U.S. private-sector workers and the potential challenges of not having a vacation strategy. It does not contain any misleading or exaggerated information, and there are no digressions or irrelevant details. However, it lacks specific data or sources to support the claims made.
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Justification: The article provides some relevant information about the limited number of vacation days and the lack of PTO for some workers. However, it does not provide a thoughtful analysis or explore long-term trends or antifragility. It also does not hold powerful people accountable or provide scientific rigor. The article stays on topic and supports its claims with some evidence, but it does not provide actionable insights or solutions.
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