Do you use all your vacation time?

If you are like 50% or more of the working Americans, you don't use up all of the days your employer gives you for vacation.

I was talking to a friend yesterday who mentioned that after her vacacation next week, she would still have 3 days left over. She was going to "save" them, in case of snow or illness. With many employers adding PTO to benefits rather than vacation days + sick days + personal days, and lumping them all together, most Americans are losing out on days off that they are entitled to.

A friend once told me, no one ever said, as they lay dying in their hospital bed, "I wish I worked more and stayed away from my family more". Not to be so morbid but it really made sense to me.

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