re: Observations of PTO usage between Older Workers v. Younger workers

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100% exactly how it goes down where I work. I get 4 weeks. I usually do one week long Caribbean/Central American beach or fishing vacation then a bunch of long weekends to offshore fish/hunt/saints road trips/LSU road trips. It drives the old people fricking crazy.

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I don't get it. Are long weekends a Gen X/Millennial invention or something? can't be

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100% exactly how it goes down where I work. I get 4 weeks. I usually do one week long Caribbean/Central American beach or fishing vacation then a bunch of long weekends to offshore fish/hunt/saints road trips/LSU road trips. It drives the old people fricking crazy.

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At 40 I’m basically just in the Millennial generation (the Xenial term is definitely very real for people my age) and this is very similar to what I do.

My job splits time off into Vacation, Paid Time Off and Sick/Care. I get 4 weeks of Vacation, 1 week of PTO and 8 days of Sick/Care. It’s dumb but it has its purpose. Vacation can be rolled over. PTO is use it or lose it. It basically forces everyone to use at least 1 week a year.

I take 1 week off either late summer (August) or fall (September/October) for a big trip. I typically will take 3 days off for a mountain/
camping/hiking trip in May or June. I typically take 2 days off in the fall or just before Christmas to go to a Saints game/hang out in NOLA. The remaining 2-3 weeks I just use for long weekends throughout the year.

With my job Mondays are much busier than Fridays so I typically take Monday’s off for the long weekend or sometimes Monday-Tuesday.

It’s also nice not having kids so I’m not tied to any type of school schedule and can travel during cheaper times.