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Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report

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Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨workreform@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.newsweek.com/americans-are-using-pto-to-sleep-not-for-vacation-report-10783162

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  • pressedhams@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, because I can’t afford to go anywhere in my time off. Sleep is the vacation.

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    • lolrightythen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I work swing shift with weekends. I use PTO to avoid two shifts with only 8 hours in between them.

      I try not to think about the times I dream of work.

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    • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      “Welcome back, Kotter…”

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  • friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    lol, is just scheduled two days off in October to do nothing and probably sleep.

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  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    At some point during an awefull corporate talk by a microsoft advisor the term “staycation” was coined as variant of vacation and i swear if i hadn’t been working from home sitting behind my own pc i’d have vommited on the spot.

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    • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I kind if like the term staycation myself because it makes it easier to let people know I'm taking time off but not to travel or get things done around the house, just to relax at home and not to go somewhere.

      That is generally what I do for the week of my birthday.

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      • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I hate travel anyway and everything I want is at home. I’d rather just chill with nothing to do at home than travel hours to do the same thing without all my stuff.

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      • bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That’s my week between Christmas and New Year’s.

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    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      Not gonna lie, that’s such a boring, corporate term.

      Germans use the much more creative expression of travelling to Balconia.

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  • phoenixarise@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Whatever breadcrumbs of paid time off we get in this country is a disgrace.

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  • Chivera@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah we’re taking a break from work. Some of us don’t want to go out and have to keep waking up early.

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    • Joeffect@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Everything is to fucking expensive

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  • lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    All of mine are mental health days. Too depressed to work too damn often. I never accumulate enough to take a real break.

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    • sudo@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      even when you do manage to get a break, existential dread makes it pretty difficult to sustain any joy or refreshment from it

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  • Switorik@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I have definitely done this. I’m losing more and more patience the older I get.

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      FYI you’re marked as a bot. It’s in your profile somewhere.

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      • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Even bots need a PTO to sleep these days.

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  • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m not American and I’ve done it too. That’s the whole point of PTO: take some time out to do whatever you want at any time, without needing to give advance notice or anything like that.

    If you want to go on vacation, then you need to use your Vacation days instead - that way your employer will know, for example, that you should absolutely not be contacted by anyone from work during that period.

    What are Americans doing on their Paid Vacation Days?

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    • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, we don’t have distinct PTO and vacation days. everything falls under PTO, which can be anywhere from 0 to 30 days a year. Most leaning more towards 0, while government jobs lean more towards 30.

      Some employers may also offer a certain number of sick days, but of course you wouldn’t want to waste your sick days being sick. you want to hold onto those in case something happens. If you aren’t lucky enough to be graciously provided sick days, a lot of employers will just dock your PTO for the day if you need to call in sick. So again, wouldn’t want to waste your off time being sick.

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    • chunes@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I gfuess I’m too american to understand the difference between pto and vacation days. There is one?

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      • Phen@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The way I see it, PTO is a break from work but still on company time, while Vacation Days is your own time that the company has absolutely no right to, even though they pay for it too.

        If I need something from a coworker and they are on PTO, I’ll send them a message but not expect any answer. If they are on vacation, I won’t send them anything.

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      • NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        As I understand it, the term PTO (Paid Time Off) covers vacation time, sick time, paid holidays, etc.

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  • Photuris@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I use mine for sleep, and for chores and work around the house that I can’t get done while working or with a toddler in tow.

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  • Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I use mine for side work.

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  • jankforlife@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah, this is me :(

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  • DagwoodIII@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    [off topic]

    https://www.sleepfoundation.org/how-sleep-works/sleep-debt-and-catch-up-sleep

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  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What else should we do? Sleep is cheap and accessible.

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