> Americans intentionally don't utilize a large number of paid vacation days each year. Work guilt may play a role
It may, but America has relatively weak protections for paid or even merely job-protected medical, family, or other leaves and fairly weak unemployment; accruing vacation balances as a partial substitute is a common strategy; while it may not fully substitute for any of those, it a minimum provides an amount obligated to be cashed out at termination that can buffer the impacts of not having the other protections.
> More than half of U.S. workers ― 54 percent — reported feeling guilty about taking vacation time either sometimes, often or always
But is this “work guilt” or guilt about the impact on personal/family security?
It may, but America has relatively weak protections for paid or even merely job-protected medical, family, or other leaves and fairly weak unemployment; accruing vacation balances as a partial substitute is a common strategy; while it may not fully substitute for any of those, it a minimum provides an amount obligated to be cashed out at termination that can buffer the impacts of not having the other protections.
> More than half of U.S. workers ― 54 percent — reported feeling guilty about taking vacation time either sometimes, often or always
But is this “work guilt” or guilt about the impact on personal/family security?