Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the vacation they've earned?

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2. It's part of the American culture that is wholly dedicated to corporate profits above all else

Balanced lives, that include taking earned vacation time, are an overhead expense for businesses and cut profits.

In American culture, a person’s value largely rests on their ability to work; more work, more value

Employees with seniority and higher salaries are at consistently at risk, every day, of being downsized or replaced with someone younger, less experienced, but with a lower salary.

In America, where corporate profits are God. Congress just took food off the plates of hungry children and yanked healthcare from millions in order to put more money in the pockets of billionaires and corporations. Anyone is expendable.

Unions bled and died so we could have a 40-hour workweek, paid sick time and vacations. In today’s anti-union culture, employee benefits are declining and we are going backward.

No wonder workers, with families to support, are anxious and don’t take vacation time.