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Why our vacation days have been vanishing

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What’s driving vacay’s vanishing act?

  • Some workers fear for their job security and don’t want to appear expendable.
  • Others don’t bother with vacation days knowing the always-on nature of technology will keep them mentally engaged in their work anyway.
  • Vacation time is often bucketed into PTO along with sick and personal days, making many employees nervous to use it should they need it in an emergency.

All that means days left on the table: BLS data shows that more than 90% of full-time, private-industry employees have access to paid vacation time, and that the average number of vacation days offered by employers has gone up.

Read the report here.

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Need a friend? There’s an app for that

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People are lonely

Per a Harvard University study on loneliness, 36% of Americans feel “serious loneliness,” a number that increases among young adults ages 18-25 (61%) and mothers with young children (51%). Why?

  • Gen Z missed out on a lot of in-person socialization thanks to the pandemic, attending high school, college, and more over Zoom.
  • They also work more and make less, making it harder to socialize.
  • Remote work has led to a dip in work friendships.
  • People are also moving away from meeting spaces like organized religion and recreational sports, per The Washington Post.

This is all on top of pre-pandemic friendship hurdles, including big life changes like moving to a new city or becoming a parent.

Read the report here.

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