hey guys II see RG here and I want to
talk to you today about three reasons
why you should take PTO hey guys today I
want to talk to you about three reasons
why you should take PTO now a lot of you
guys might be thinking why would he be
encouraging us to take PTO should we be
encouraged to work more so we can work
harder looks better on our boss and then
we can maybe get a promotion and a
bigger bonus at the end of the year well
ideally it would be nice if that
actually mattered but those things don't
really matter that much when it comes to
your bonus so unfortunately you're stuck
doing something else you need to take
PTO the first reason is longevity if you
plan on being in your career for a while
if you plan on being in your job for a
while and steadily working your way up
the ladder or just steadily trying to
gain experience you need to have the
stamina to be able to last long in that
role see here in America we work a
standard 40 hours a week but of course
we know we actually work more than that
in a week and if you're gonna be
continuing to pound that week in and
week out you need to break sometimes so
you could stand the test of time and
last a long time in this in the industry
even a player as great as LeBron he's
gotta take rest during their in the year
if you remember back in the day when Tim
Duncan was playing
Gregg Popovich was always rent would
always rest him so that he was ready to
go in the playoffs and you needed to do
the same thing you need to make sure
that you're well rested throughout the
year so when it's go time when his
championship time you're ready to
perform and even as passionate as you
might be as passionate as I am about
clinical research and my job and taking
care and helping the patients you need
rest to be able to do that for a long
time so you need you need to be able to
take PTO in order to do what you want to
do and help all these people that you
want to help for the long duration of
time for the long career that you plan
on having
another reason and actually the reason
why I even decided to make this video in
the first place is so that people don't
take you for granted when someone shows
up and performs every single day you
kind of get used to how they perform in
the expectations begin to grow what you
expect for them if they show up every
day not taking PTO you expect them to be
and be there day in and day out and
while that's important to have that
reliability you can also learn to take
someone for granted in that situation
imagine married couple they're with each
other all the time you expect them to be
there so someone may you know be fine
not coming home on time or spend not
spending a lot of time with that person
because they know they'll always be
there same thing in the work environment
if someone's always gonna be there you
may take them for granted you may not
say thank you for the work that they do
you may not appreciate them as much if
they're always there
so take PTO let your team understand
where your value is let them struggle a
little bit while you're not there so
they know like oh wow this this person's
really good at what they do we need them
to come back things aren't the same when
they're not here so we need them to come
back and perform and they'll have a
greater appreciation for you when you
come back from PTO because they know how
hard it was without you and have a
greater appreciation for what you do so
that's one of the main reasons why you
should be taking PTO use your days not
only longevity but it's easy for people
to start to take take you for granted
and we don't want anyone to be taken for
granted so here's your PTO the third
reason is it's yours so take it you earn
those days so you should use them so
you're a bit to the best of your ability
in America we only get ten day ten
working days minimum of PTO that's
pathetic you mean to tell me out of a
whole 365 days only at 10 days off PTO
and I work a full-time job in a trillion
dollar industry such as clinical
research that is pathetic in the EU and
other countries abroad
they get five weeks paid vacation
minimum and that we are the only country
in the Western world that does that so
you use those days you only get so many
of them now typically as you grow an
organization and you get more and more
seniority you - you tend to get more
vacation days off but in the USA we are
one of the hardest working countries in
the world and because of that in order
to continue in that environment you need
to take those PTO days so you don't burn
yourself out now a lot of companies well
not a lot but a few have moved to the
Unlimited PTO days now on the surface
that might sound like oh this is such a
great company to work for you can take
as many PTO days as you want but of
course when you read between the lines
they're not really about that in in
those companies employees feel the need
to work even more than if they had a set
number like 10 days or 15 days of PTO
required because a lot of people in
those companies aren't taking that many
days off because no one else is taking
taking that many days off they don't
know how many days are appropriate and
how many days are not appropriate
especially if the company can fire you
if you take quote-unquote too many even
if they have an unlimited PTO policy so
if your company has an unlimited PTO
policy I would kind of look around and
see what other people are taking and
take that same amount of PTO so you
don't get fired but I would also urge
your company to move away from that and
go towards the more standard structure
because people tend to take away less
PTO on an unlimited PTO policy even
though it's supposed to be unlimited so
I would just watch out for that as well
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off for today take care hey guys I'd
like to thank you for still listening to
this video I'm gonna give you a couple
bonus reasons to take PTO just for
hanging on and listening all the way
through so for those of you that stopped
this video because you thought it was
over shame on you you should have
watched it all the way through so I'm
gonna give the people that are still
listening a couple bonus reasons so the
first bonus reason is to broaden your
horizons wow that's that's an
interesting perspective isn't it so you
mean to tell me that if I'm not working
all the time that I'll become a more
well-rounded and better person yes
that's exactly what I'm telling you of
course you want to use that PTO time to
go travel go travel to other parts of
the country other parts of the world
you'll be able to learn a different
language to eat some new food get some
better ideas which could in turn help
improve your workplace and improve your
work back at work how many times have
you been working on something really
really hard and then you go take a break
from it for a while and then the idea
just all of a sudden hits you all these
good ideas start flooding in or the
perfect idea hits you all of a sudden
because your brain is working on it even
while you're resting well that can
happen when you're taking time off as
well you know you're working on a hard
project and then all of a sudden you
leave for a week a couple weeks and then
you decide and then you decide to come
back and get right back into the project
under you have all these new ideas and a
whole new perspective that you didn't
have before so that's one other reason
to take your PTO to help broaden your
horizons and the second bonus example is
and this mainly goes to the managers and
people high up is to lead by example
what I mean by that is some employees
find that they're not taking PTO because
everyone else on the team and their
higher-ups aren't taking PTO so they
figure why should they be taking
and now if you're our manager and you
take PTO you'll lead by example and show
that your team it's okay to take PTO
your peers it's okay to take PTO to rest
and recharge and in return you'll get
more in return when you come back would
they come back when the employees come
back you know they're rested and
recharged they're gonna be prepared to
give you more in the team atmosphere and
to help you meet your deadlines better
quicker more efficiently and to help you
meet your project and your time and your
your project goals in due time so make
sure you keep those examples there's
only good reasons why you should be
taking PTO there's no bad reasons you've
earned it you should be taking your PTO
and it's just better for the company
it's better for the world it's better
for the country it's better for
everybody if you take your PTO all right
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