‘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 compan