{"id":12930,"date":"2025-01-01T19:20:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T02:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=12930"},"modified":"2025-01-01T15:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T22:47:45","slug":"maximizing-your-pto-time-off-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=12930","title":{"rendered":"Maximizing your PTO time off in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Want to maximize your time off in 2025? Take these 12 additional days as vacation days and get the maximum number of long weekends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wednesday, Jan. 1 (New Year&#8217;s Day): Take off Jan. 2\u20133 for a five-day weekend. If you also have Dec. 31 off, take Monday, Dec. 30 for a full week of vacation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday, Jan. 20 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day): Take off Friday, Jan. 17<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday, Feb. 17 (President&#8217;s Day): Take off Friday, Feb. 14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day): Take off Friday, May 23<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday, June 19 (Juneteenth National Independence Day): Take off Friday, June 20<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friday, July 4 (Independence Day): Take off Thursday, July 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday, Sept. 1 (Labor Day): Take off Friday, Aug. 29<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monday, Oct. 13 (Indigenous People&#8217;s Day): Take off Friday, Oct. 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tuesday, Nov. 11 (Veteran&#8217;s Day): Take off Monday, Nov. 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday, Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving Day): Take off Friday, Nov. 28. If you already have this day off, request Wednesday, Nov. 26 to get a five day weekend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday, Dec. 25 (Christmas Day): Take off Friday, Dec. 26. If you have Dec. 24 off as well, you get a five-day weekend. Or take off Dec. 22\u201324 and Dec. 26 to get a nine-day vacation with only four days of PTO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contiki.com\/six-two\/article\/hack-your-pto-2025\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.contiki.com\/six-two\/article\/hack-your-pto-2025\/\">Contiki also has a calendar calculator<\/a> to help you out (If you squint enough. Time to hire a better graphic designer). Enter a dummy email address since it displays it, not emails it to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-attachment-id=\"13065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=13065\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/01\/0x0.webp?fit=711%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"711,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0x0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/01\/0x0.webp?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/01\/0x0.webp?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/01\/0x0.webp?w=711&amp;ssl=1 711w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/01\/0x0.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/01\/0x0.webp?resize=480%2C270&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/work\/request-these-days-off-to-maximize-your-pto-in-2025\">https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/work\/request-these-days-off-to-maximize-your-pto-in-2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brittanyanas\/2024\/12\/18\/how-to-turn-15-pto-days-into-51-vacation-days-in-2025\/?\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/brittanyanas\/2024\/12\/18\/how-to-turn-15-pto-days-into-51-vacation-days-in-2025\/?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to maximize your time off in 2025? 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