Have you ever put off your vacation days? Tell us why
A recent survey revealed that 40% of employees did not use all their paid vacation days last year. Many cited concerns about workload and potential career repercussions as reasons for not taking time off. The survey highlights the growing issue of burnout among professionals, with 62% reporting feelings of exhaustion at work.
- ▪40% of respondents did not use all of their paid time off last year.
- ▪60% of those who skipped vacation days were saving them for a later absence.
- ▪62% of professionals now feel burned out at work, an increase from 47% in late 2024.
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Open this photo in gallery:Getty Images/iStockphotoShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountWith summer holidays tantalizingly close on the calendar, The Globe wants to know: Have you ever put off, or entirely forfeited, your paid vacation days? Why did you feel you couldn’t use your allotted time off?For a sobering picture of work, rest and leisure in Canada, look no further than a March, 2026, survey from recruitment firm Robert Half, which found 40 per cent of respondents didn’t use up all of their paid time off last year.While 60 per cent of these employees said they were squirrelling their days off for “a later absence,” nearly a third worried that their workloads would pile up too high while they were gone.
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