when it comes to time, as opposed to money, americans do just that. they do it all the time. americans doi nature more than a million years of work annually to their employers by not takes the vacation package that is part of their package. they left an average of 8.1 days off unused. that finding tracks another survey from april which found the average american employee only takes half their paid time off. you probably already know that americans don't get much vacation compared to other people in other developed nations. we're the only advanced economy in the world that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation. in europe, people have a legal right to at least 20 paid days off per year. in america, meanwhile, 22% of workers reported not getting any paid vacation or paid time off, even sick days at all. as messed up as that is, and it