‘PTO-maxxing’ isn’t the problem: Your company’s culture might be

As companies gear up for annual summer vacations, there’s a new workplace trend bubbling up that leaders need to know about: “PTO-maxxing.” It’s the strategy employees are using to take their calendar holidays and plan vacation days around them, stretching a paid holiday into a lengthy break and maximizing their total PTO—potentially turning 14 PTO days into 46 vacation days.  As CEO of my company, I see it less as a problem and more as a symptom of workplaces that continue to judge employees negatively for taking much-needed rest. One recent study found that while leaders recognize that va...