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Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report
(www.newsweek.com)
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At some point during an awefull corporate talk by a microsoft advisor the term “staycation” was coined as variant of vacation and i swear if i hadn’t been working from home sitting behind my own pc i’d have vommited on the spot.
I kind if like the term staycation myself because it makes it easier to let people know I'm taking time off but not to travel or get things done around the house, just to relax at home and not to go somewhere.
That is generally what I do for the week of my birthday.
I hate travel anyway and everything I want is at home. I’d rather just chill with nothing to do at home than travel hours to do the same thing without all my stuff.
Not gonna lie, that's such a boring, corporate term.
Germans use the much more creative expression of travelling to Balconia.
What about 'workation'. That's where you take a pto day to get caught up on your actual work and not have to be interrupted by meetings or other coworkers.