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WhiteAndNerdy

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26. Vacation time actually enhances worker productivity.

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 02:03 AM

Dec 2014

Taking your vacation days is not selfish; they are part of your compensation package and an important part of taking care of yourself. Taking care of oneself is not some kind of luxury or self-indulgence, but a responsibility, both to oneself and to society. You are actually less valuable to others if you allow your health to be undermined by overwork or other forms of self-neglect. Do some reading on this -- I think you'll be surprised.

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How infiltrated is the business world by family mf'ing values? [View all] RB TexLa Dec 2014 OP

Americans take fewer vacation days than the rest of the First World. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #1

I was raised that you get up and go to work RB TexLa Dec 2014 #2

You never travel and visit anyplace? NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #5

Were you one of those kids that went to school sick Jamastiene Dec 2014 #27

Good question. BeanMusical Dec 2014 #32

You haven't started to think on your own yet? upaloopa Dec 2014 #54

I'm sure you were also raised that you don't deserve health care ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 #82

People should take their vacation days. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #3

Yep. hifiguy Dec 2014 #64

TF are you talking about "selfish"? Boreal Dec 2014 #4

Taking time for myself not selfish? RB TexLa Dec 2014 #6

If your employer has offered you vacation time and you take it, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #8

Wow. Tsiyu Dec 2014 #39

That poster is the joke Union Scribe Dec 2014 #18

Lol! BeanMusical Dec 2014 #33

Interesting. smirkymonkey Dec 2014 #36

You left out the classic pintobean Dec 2014 #48

Oh wait, this is the "I don't drink with you" person! gollygee Dec 2014 #76

I haven't clicked on the links, but let me guess... DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #53

Thank you. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #70

I had to check to see if one of those was gollygee Dec 2014 #75

Employees that take vacations and time off are overall better. tammywammy Dec 2014 #7

You are one odd bird. name not needed Dec 2014 #9

I don't vacation with you. tammywammy Dec 2014 #10

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #13

Offended, not at all. tammywammy Dec 2014 #15

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #16

Let me repeat myself: tammywammy Dec 2014 #17

I just went and read that whole thread Union Scribe Dec 2014 #25

Isn't the poster ADORABLE? Tsiyu Dec 2014 #40

I just read it too B2G Dec 2014 #47

This thread is a rerun from 2 years ago pintobean Dec 2014 #50

Whoaaaaaa ...... nice find! marble falls Dec 2014 #52

This now explains a lot about that post. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 #83

See post #50 pintobean Dec 2014 #84

Ahhh, ok ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 #85

There was no disobeying. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #45

Curse you! Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2014 #20

Someone gave me the link to that epic thread! BeanMusical Dec 2014 #34

"I don't vacation with you." Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #44

It's a riff on one of this poster's most classic OPs. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #59

After reading that thread along with several others posted here Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #61

I certainly can't disagree with your last sentence. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #62

So was it your hope that he wanted to talk about a promotion and all you got Rex Dec 2014 #11

No, I was told what it is going to be about RB TexLa Dec 2014 #12

Maybe they can compensate you for days you don't want to take for vacation Rex Dec 2014 #14

Wha? No way. vive la commune Dec 2014 #19

Good for you neverforget Dec 2014 #21

Maybe they want to audit your desk while you are away. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2014 #22

Texas law states no employee can be forced to utilize a benefit they did not personally negotiate. RB TexLa Dec 2014 #23

Ok, Melvin Beli. But I'm pretty sure your employer can make you stay home while getting... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2014 #24

Vacation time actually enhances worker productivity. WhiteAndNerdy Dec 2014 #26

I think some people just like to feel superior to their co-workers The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #28

I can see that. WhiteAndNerdy Dec 2014 #29

Wow, that's pathetic. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #72

People like that are just deluded. tammywammy Dec 2014 #31

Any member of management who says this is providing proof of their incompetence Major Nikon Dec 2014 #37

Hear your boss out first. KMOD Dec 2014 #30

Your boss is such a fascist! BeanMusical Dec 2014 #35

It is a part of your compensation package. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #38

Some labor laws still protect us... Orsino Dec 2014 #41

Vacation is a cruel joke MindPilot Dec 2014 #42

My employees are to never give their cell phone #'s to clients. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #49

It's really lousy insurance jeff47 Dec 2014 #81

Do you have the option to cash in your hours for money? el_bryanto Dec 2014 #43

When did your boss become a member of Al Qaeda? chrisa Dec 2014 #46

I don't vacation with you. ret5hd Dec 2014 #51

Not sure family mf'ing values have anything to do with it PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #55

Taking recreational time benefits you, your employer and your co-workers, having time with 'family' Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #56

Anger has a way of making people blind 4Q2u2 Dec 2014 #57

It's the RB TexLa show!... SidDithers Dec 2014 #58

Yeah - I responded in this thread and shouldn't have. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #69

perhaps your employer believes the company would benefit from you taking time off etherealtruth Dec 2014 #60

I was reminded a few months ago that I had to take some days off LiberalElite Dec 2014 #63

Hell of a thing to be offended by. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #65

Maybe the boss doesn't fully trust you. Sopkoviak Dec 2014 #66

You live to work. I work to live. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #68

More to the point, accrued vacation days have accounting implications Recursion Dec 2014 #71

My former employer (a very large corporation) The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #73

are you saying taking vacation time is selfish? Ramses Dec 2014 #74

They want to make sure you aren't getting burned out by work gollygee Dec 2014 #77

I'm sure "not spending more time at the office" will be one of your life's greatest regrets tenderfoot Dec 2014 #78

RB TexLa is flagged for review gollygee Dec 2014 #79

I hope he sticks around just for the entertainment value. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #80

So how did it go? DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #86