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Do you leave vacation days unused each year? Maybe you just have too much work to do ... or maybe you are afraid someone else will step in during your absence. According to Market Watch  Americans don't use 51% of their vacation days. That's the equivalent of over 500 million lost vacation days a year...

So you feel like crap. You are really sick; but your work is piled up. If you are like most of us there is no one to do your work when you are out. Your work just piles up and when you do return it overwhelms you. So you go to work sick.and are not the most popular person in the office. I have some facts that may persuade you to stay home.

One of the most supreme perils of being a great American workhorse is there is never enough paid time off — and new research suggests that not only do workers desperately want more vacation time, but they are willing to give up a whole heck of a lot in order to get their hands on it.