Americans Only Use Half of Their Paid Vacation

Americans are leaving money on the table — in the form of unused vacation time.

Employees who receive paid time off use 51% of it, on average. That's according to a survey run by Harris Poll for the jobs website Glassdoor.

The survey did find some good news: 85% of Americans who receive paid vacation or time off took at least some of it in the past 12 months, and 25% of survey respondents took all their eligible time off.

Taking time off doesn’t always mean vacation, though. Eleven percent of employees said they used time off to interview for another job, while 61% said they did at least some work while they were away from the office. Read more...