Paid Time Off Study - 2018 Statistics & Whitepaper

Our survey of over 2,000 full-time workers regarding their paid time off led to many surprises. The full article and downloadable white paper is available on ProjectManager.com.

Paid time off (PTO) policies are central to achieving work-life balance. PTO should be a refuge for people to unplug and re-center, so they can return to work feeling refreshed and productive. In today’s society, paid time off is seemingly more valuable than ever, as the line between a person’s professional life and their personal life continues to blur due to rapidly advancing technology and an expectation to be “always on.” 

Because paid time off is so critical for a person’s well-being, we created a survey to find out more about the current PTO landscape in the United States.

Our study reveals:

1. How much PTO workers have on average in a given calendar year
2. Whether or not workers consider PTO to be important when evaluating a potential job offer
3. Which industries offer the most PTO
4. The correlations between longevity at a company and volume of PTO
5. How workers from different generations feel about PTO in general and their own company’s policy
6. Whether an employee’s feelings about PTO corresponds to how much they used their own PTO
7. How employees with unlimited PTO feel about this trendy policy

After analyzing the results, it’s clear that American companies have some pretty unique, and sometimes startling, attitudes about paid time off for their employees.

Click here to learn more and download the white paper! Please share this article with anyone who's evaluating a job offer with PTO, a startup CEO crafting their policy, or anyone else you know who's interested in the topic of paid time off!