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Fortune
Fortune
Sasha Rogelberg

'Quiet vacations' are the latest way millennials are rebelling against in-person work

A woman sits on a lounge chair on the beach while working on her laptop. (Credit: EyesWideOpen—Getty Images)

Employees better make sure their Zoom backgrounds are sufficiently blurred—the “quiet vacationing” secret is out. Employees, particularly millennials, are stretching the bounds of remote work, a new report found. Instead of telling their bosses they’re taking time off, workers are playing hooky or going on vacation under the guise of working remotely.

According to The Harris Poll’s Out of Office Culture Report from May surveying 1,170 employed U.S. adults, 37% of millennial workers said they took time off without telling their supervisors or managers.

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