Corporate life is full of unspoken rules, awkward small talk, and the occasional “per my last email” power play. That’s exactly why Demoted is my favorite podcast right now. Each week, the hosts ...

In a since-deleted TikTok video, a budgeting and finance content creator named Jess issued a warning to other employees who work for companies that allow them to have unlimited PTO after she was ...

The trend for workers to hide their time off from their managers – known as “quiet vacationing” – has taken a sharp turn. Employees are now “loud vacationing” by openly sharing their travel plans and ...

Summer is officially here. Not surprisingly, employees use their paid time off (PTO) the most in the summer months, with the average time off request being 2.34 days. Taking time off to mentally ...

Elizabeth Dempsey-Beggs prides herself on denying time-off requests—but not for the reasons you’d think. The 28-year-old director of sales at Ernest, a packing solutions company in Los Angeles, went ...

When you work in an office, you obviously have to ask permission before just leaving for an appointment or a similar commitment. But the lines become a bit blurred for things like this when you work ...

For many employees, the warmer months mean vacations, relaxing and spending time with family and friends — all of which lead to a significant amount of PTO requests. Processing Content This year, ...

Have a question? Submit it here. Question: I manage a team of eight people. Only one of my employees used all the paid time off (PTO) allotted to them last year. Four used only half of their PTO. What ...

Using a technique called "bridging," savvy employees can get 23 days off work in 2026 by only using 6 of their paid vacation ...