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A question for the "hive mind" - holidays? Are you experiencing more people in your teams and businesses taking their "big" holiday in September? I get it, if you don't have to holiday in August, why would you! But talking to clients, trying to arrange meetings etc, I am finding more people "Away for September". What is your experience? Also, why September? Why not May or June - or October or November for that main holiday? Plus, if more people are taking holiday in September, what does this mean for work/force planning? Is it good for colleagues to be storing up holiday until the end of the year? Answers on a postcard! (plus a bonus O'Connor holiday snap!!) #holidays #hivemind

"You gotta use what you got to get what you want."    This line isn’t just iconic—it’s a whole vibe for how we should approach our time off.   You’ve got PTO, weekends, and holidays like Thanksgiving coming up, so ask yourself: Are you really going to rest? Or are you just swapping one kind of busy for another? Time off is your chance to recharge, reset, and reconnect with what matters. Don’t waste it. Sit down. Unplug. Use this time to take care of you. Let’s make our time off work for us. #BurnoutRelief #HookyWellness #TakeBetterBreaks #LeadershipDevelopment

🎄✨ 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫? 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐮𝐬! ❤️ I still remember when Christmas didn’t start until after December 20th. Vacation days always felt too short, and the whole year left me exhausted. 😩 But this is not the way I want things to be. I disagree people should work at 100% capacity, which easily leads to burnout. Vacation days should be for travel and enjoy life, not recovery from overwork. ✈️ I’m proud to share that my team will start our annual leave in early to mid-December. We’ll all fly back to our home countries to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. 🎉 I don’t like the “company is family” slogan. To me, it’s simple: happy, rested employees do their best work. 🌟   When does your Christmas leave start? Comment below and share how your workplace supports your well-being! 🎅 #EmployeeWellbeing #TeamCulture #WorkLifeBalance #HolidaySeason #ChristmasLeave #StartupLife #Leadership #BurnoutPrevention

Family is everything — at home, at work, everywhere. So from our family to yours, we wish you a wonderful holiday season. Happy Holidays! #HappyHolidays #Christmas #NewYears #meetingplanner #conferenceplanner #meetingplanning #conferenceplanning

There’s still time to pay for the holidays if you start today! 💰 #digitalmarketingforbeginners #digitalmarketing2024 #onlinebusinessforbeginners #workfromanywhere #howtomakemoneyonline #workfromhomejobs #networkmarketersoftiktok #earnandlearn #decembertoremember

Start prepping for the holidays 🎄 with smooth, reliable time tracking that keeps your team on track. 🎯 #EasyTimeClock #mobileworkforce #timetracking #holidayplanning #teammanagement

The 4th of July is quickly approaching, landing on a Thursday this year! For many with limited annual holidays, maximizing time off around mid-week celebrations can be a challenge. How does your company handle mid-week vacation days? Do they offer flexibility or alternative days off for holidays falling on weekends? Share your innovative strategies in the comments below! #TimeOff #VacationStrategies #cultureofkindness #kindnesskeynotespeaker

I think most of us will agree that taking time off throughout the year is important. Whether it be long weekends, holidays away with loved ones, days off just for yourself, or to cover the school holidays, we all need the break. I see so many companies advertising holidays as "28 days including bank holidays." That's just 20 days you are able to book when you like! Understandably, companies feel that any more than this eats into their profits, etc., but what would be the financial cost if they lost staff due to burnout or if employees moved to somewhere that offers better than standard? I feel incredibly lucky to work somewhere that values our wellbeing and appreciates we need to have that valuable time off. We get 25 days plus bank holidays, as well as additional days for full attendance across a quarter, not to mention our birthdays off 🎉. The upshot of this is that I feel valued and that my time away from work is just as important to Simon Bucknell and James Hall as the time I take off to recharge my batteries. Companies really need to take a look at what is important to their staff to make them feel valued. Now here's to my next holiday - not that I'm counting ☀.

I just gave my entire team Christmas week off. Not an "official policy." Not in the employee handbook. Just an unwritten tradition I've kept for 5 years straight. Why? Because time with family is priceless. This extra week off comes on top of regular vacation time. No strings attached. Complete disconnection. Some business owners might think: "But what if clients need us?" "What about year-end deadlines?" "Won't this hurt the business?" Here's my response: When hell freezes over... or when it snows in Tampa, Florida. (Spoiler: I'm in Tampa. It's not going to snow.) Could something catastrophic happen that requires all hands on deck? Sure. But I've learned something in 5 years of doing this: The world keeps spinning. Clients understand. Work gets done. Most importantly? My team knows they're valued as humans first, employees second. That's worth more than any "official policy" could ever be. Happy Christmas everyone.

PTO can mean different things depending on who you ask. Sometimes it covers all paid time off—sick days, vacations, holidays, and personal days. Other times, it’s one unified policy that replaces separate time-off categories. Simplifying it sounds great, but is it really that easy? Let’s break it down in this episode. Watch more >> https://bit.ly/3WIRwQh #paidtimeoff