Gen Zers and millennials are 'quiet vacationing' during 4th of July week instead of taking PTO
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Younger employees are “quiet vacationing” during the summer months to cope with constraints on PTO and increased feelings of burnout, according to new research.

If it wasn't for the fact I'm just weary from all the mountains of shit these so-called journalists pour out of their mouths I'd be screaming like Matt Christman right now

    • TheVelvetGentleman [he/him]
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      5 days ago

      I worked at a place that sourced and handled touristy souvenirs and other garbage for those stores you see in cities and airports like "Boston Memories". Essentially I was folding cheap t-shirts and putting a price tag on them all day. I was told that I couldn't get vacation or insurance until a 6 month probationary period was over. Then after 6 months they dropped my hours to part time so I got no benefits at all.

      • Red_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]
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        5 days ago

        Same at my place with insurance. They cut it to three months temporarily due to the labor shortages during the pandemic. I'm fortunate in that I was able to get a full time position right away.

    • ssj2marx@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      That is such bullshit. It's part of the compensation! Even worse is places where they don't pay you for your untaken leave days if they fire you.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      5 days ago

      We used to have that here as well, although you could transfer paid vacation from one job to the next you still had to work for a full year to get paid time off so if you were entering the workforce you were fucked.

      Luckily they changed the law a few years ago so you now start earning paid time off full the moment you begin working.