TikToker Shares A ‘Corporate Hack’ For A 10-Day Vacation Around Christmas This Year, Another Warns Against It

American employees have been known for not using all of their PTO, but Allianz Partners USA, recently published a survey that says otherwise.

According to the survey, nearly 60% of those surveyed say they’ve taken at least a week off in the last year. This is more than any year since Allianz started conducting the survey in 2009.

Even though those numbers are up, people still struggle with finding the best time to use their PTO. Every company has its own policies, so being strategic with using your time off can benefit your life tremendously.

This leads me to a viral TikTok from a woman named Chelsea who started a whole conversation about using PTO around the holidays. She claims that people can get a 10-day vacation by only using four days of their PTO.

Chelsea recently went viral on TikTok for sharing a “corporate hack” saying employees should schedule PTO between the holidays

She says in the video that workers can have a 10-day vacation by taking only four days of PTO. Here’s what she said:

If you have not planned your holiday PTO yet for this year, I’m gonna need you to listen up. This year Christmas falls on a Sunday, which means that the federal holiday is celebrated on a Monday, so you will have Monday the 26th off from work.

The rest of the week it’ll just be the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, so a four-day work week. And we all know what happens in this week between Christmas and New Year’s – no one works, so you should really be taking this time off anyway.

I also feel like companies should be giving this time off, but that’s a whole other discussion. Anyway, for the next week, New Year’s Day falls on Sunday, which means that the holiday is celebrated on the 2nd, so you will have Monday the 2nd off from work.

You take off the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, that’s four days of PTO, but you will end up with a 10-day holiday from the 24th to the 2nd. You’re welcome.

See the video, which has more than 5 million views, right here

@chelseazeferina work smarter not harder #pto #corporatelife #corporatetiktok #corporatehacks #traveltiktok ♬ original sound – CHELSEA 🍓✨☀️

TikToker Dillon later responded to her clip warning employees to not follow her advice

No, do not do that. I mean, all due respect to this content creator, she just popped up on my ‘for you’ page for the first time ever, I’m sorry to attack you, ma’am, but that advice [freaking] sucks.

Anybody who works a job, corporate, whatever, if you are dealing with PTO and HR, do not listen to HR when they tell you what they would suggest for the times that you take your PTO.

In that video, she admits that nobody works in the days between Christmas and New Year’s. Everybody knows that. Everyone recognizes it. She goes on to say that we all know that’s the way it is, so you really should take your PTO on those days. Hard pass. Absolutely not.

First of all, if it’s this time of the year and you still have PTO, you take the rest of your PTO and you enjoy your summertime. Then, between Christmas and New Year’s, show up to work. Do nothing. Say it with me: “Rarely does HR have your best interest at heart.”

You Can View The Full Video Here:

@ragazzirobusti #stitch with @CHELSEA 🍓✨☀️ // Do not do this. This is terrible advise. Do not take HR’s suggestions for when you should take PTO. They will tell you to take PTO between the holidays while your coworkers clock in, do nothing and hold onto their PTO. 🚨🚨 THIS IS ADVISE THAT HELPS THE COMPANY AND THE COMPANY ONLY — NOT YOU, THE EMPLOYEE, YOUR TIME OFF, YOUR HOLIDAYS WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, YOUR WALLET OR YOUR PTO.🚨🚨 Also, weekends and federal holidays aren’t “vacation” days, Chelsea, they’re rights given to the workers of the world, so it’s actually a five day “vacation” youve outlined where no one’s doing anything anyway. 💋💋 #workersrights #worklife #corporate #HR #PTO #employeesoftiktok ♬ original sound – dillon.