Woman Denied Time Off Work For Her Wedding

When it comes to finding a healthy way to approach PTO, self-advocacy expert Selena Rezvani told BuzzFeed, “Leaders need to stop vacation-shaming and incentivizing people to have ‘perfect attendance.’ It’s not conducive to normal human rhythms to work like a robot. As empowered adults, people can and should be able to judge for themselves when they need time off (and of course to make an effort to help operations run smoothly while they’re gone).”

“No one else will set boundaries for you. No one else will value your time — or mental and physical health — like you can. We see real benefits of taking time off in the quality of our work and ideas, the vigor we bring to our personal and professional lives, and our resilience for the not-so-great times.”