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Speaker 1: known as the Millennial Manager, and we're going to talk
Speaker 1: about something really important. There are people who are not
Speaker 1: taking enough vacation time, and we should get out in
Speaker 1: vacation and we should do that more often, shouldn't we?
Speaker 2: Roxy?
Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely.
Speaker 1: And there's people who at the end of the year,
Speaker 1: like here, now we're all the way into February. But
Speaker 1: there are people who back in twenty twenty four, they
Speaker 1: closed out the year without even using all their vacation time,
Speaker 1: and then they wonder, why, hmm, I'm burned out. Well
Speaker 1: maybe you should just take some time off and go
Speaker 1: somewhere fun. So let's talk about some of the statistics,
Speaker 1: because it's crazy, isn't it.
Speaker 3: Absolutely Yeah, Yeah, let's get into it. There are a
Speaker 3: number of factors of why people that keeping us from
Speaker 3: taking our vacation time in twenty twenty five. So for example,
Speaker 3: workload pressure, job security company culture saving that time for
Speaker 3: an emergency as you alluded to, And recent data shows
Speaker 3: that people are leaving a lot of time on the table,
Speaker 3: which equates to billions of lost time that could be
Speaker 3: used to recharge and even connect with loved ones.
Speaker 2: And one of the things is kind of fun.
Speaker 1: There's a new thing that's kind of kicking off called
Speaker 1: the Time Off Toolbox. And you know quite a bit
Speaker 1: about this. Tell me what in the world is the
Speaker 1: time Off Toolbox?
Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely so. Choice Hotels, the company that has Cambria, Radison,
Speaker 3: Country and and Suite and eighteen other brands, is helping
Speaker 3: to make it easy for people to take their vacation.
Speaker 3: So Choice Hotels partners with actor writer Kick and Michael
Speaker 3: Key to launch Choice Hotels timeof toolbox dot com. And
Speaker 3: the tool is felled with three OS, which is for
Speaker 3: out of office, and it's filled with helpful tips, tricks
Speaker 3: and tools on how to maximize your time off, how
Speaker 3: to ask for time off. There's even a you go
Speaker 3: through a couple of prompts and you can even send
Speaker 3: a video featuring keig In to your boss. And ask
Speaker 3: you for that time off. And as as a millennial, yeah, yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 3: and as a millennial in corporate and you know, we
Speaker 3: need these resources. I wish we had them ten years ago.
Speaker 2: Listen.
Speaker 1: Now, let's talk about why it's important to take time
Speaker 1: off and why it's really helpful, especially for millennials, but
Speaker 1: probably for every generation. Yeah.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, So we have a work first culture and people
Speaker 3: feel guilty about taking time off, but you definitely need
Speaker 3: that that time to recharge, and you know, burnout is
Speaker 3: a real thing, and so that time is definitely is valuable.
Speaker 3: And you know you're if you're getting that that time
Speaker 3: off from your organization, you should definitely take it and
Speaker 3: take advantage of it.
Speaker 1: And I think it's really fun that you can request
Speaker 1: time off by sending a video of Keegan Michael Key
Speaker 1: to your boss asking for time off.
Speaker 2: I think that is just a brilliant idea.
Speaker 3: Absolutely absolutely, and having a little fun while.
Speaker 2: You're at it.
Speaker 1: I haven't tried it yet, but your results may vary.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna give it a world today and see if
Speaker 1: I get out of here for a bit. So if
Speaker 1: somebody listening would like to utilize that, where do they go?
Speaker 1: Because it's a special website you were talking about. What
Speaker 1: was the website again? If they want to send that
Speaker 1: video to their boss.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so if you're listening, head over to Choice Hotels,
Speaker 3: timeof toolbox dot com and the tool is felled with
Speaker 3: three o's for as I mentioned, out of office, just
Speaker 3: to find more information and to start leveraging this tool
Speaker 3: to maximize your time off.
Speaker 1: And I just clicked on there to check it out.
Speaker 1: Choice Hotels, Timeoff toolbox dot com. I'm going to throw
Speaker 1: a link on our Facebook page to make it easy
Speaker 1: to find. And yeah, it's very simple. You can click
Speaker 1: right here and kind of fill out all the stuff
Speaker 1: that you need to know, and it's asking like what
Speaker 1: do you call your boss, what are you doing on vacation?
Speaker 1: What is your role at work? And you submit all
Speaker 1: of that and then magically, your boss gets a video
Speaker 1: pleaing for you to take some time off to go
Speaker 1: out and recharge by the actor Keegan michael Key.
Speaker 2: And I think that's very clever.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, I agree, And Keegan Michael Key is a hilarious guy.
Speaker 1: And I think that again, what a fun partnership.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, yes, absolutely, and for a great cause too, because
Speaker 3: we all need that time. We need to take our
Speaker 3: time off to recharge.
Speaker 1: Absolutely so again, the thing that's really fun about this.
Speaker 1: This is a serious thing because we need to take
Speaker 1: time and recharge. That's important, but I like that it's
Speaker 1: fun as well. There's a fun side of this. Absolutely
Speaker 1: absolutely well, Roxy, thank you so much for taking the
Speaker 1: time to chat.
Speaker 2: I appreciate it so much.
Speaker 3: Thank you.
Speaker 1: I'm on the website here, choice hotels, timeof Toolbox dot com.
Speaker 1: Three o'sen tool for out of office. I've got a
Speaker 1: link to it also at Facebook dot com. Slash Sunny Radio.
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