Are Your Employees “Quiet Vacationing” This Summer? 8 Ways to Support Your Workers and Strengthen Your PTO Policies
By now you’ve heard of “quiet quitting” — a movement where employees rejected hustle culture or going above and beyond what their jobs required. But a new trend this summer takes the “quiet” concept to another level. Instead of using available vacation time, remote employees are doing the bare minimum to look productive while they are actually on vacation . Are such employees simply taking advantage of flexible arrangements or is this a sign of a toxic work environment that forces employees to hide their time off? Here’s what you need to know about quiet vacationing and an eight-step plan to strengthen your paid time off (PTO) policies. What’s Happening? Terms like bleisure travel, workcations, and hush trip have been around for a while — and some of these concepts can actually have benefits for employers and employees alike. For example: Bleisure trips — which combine a scheduled business trip with some leisure time off — can reduce the time and exp...