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  • Take that time off. Your work can wait.

Take that time off. Your work can wait.

PTO is necessary! Take it!

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Jul 11, 2023

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If you were expecting a newsletter last week, here’s why you didn’t get one: I took some actual time off! Taking PTO as a leader can be especially challenging when you feel the burden of making sure everything continues to get done on time. What if there’s a fire when you’re out? What if someone has questions that need answering and they get blocked on their work?

When you don’t take time off, you’re modeling this behavior for your team. If you expect them to take time off, you need to be taking time off too. Like… actual time off. Not responding to Slack direct messages or threads where you’re tagged.

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