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Quiet vacationing is the latest workplace buzzword dominating headlines and a sobering reality is getting lost in the mix: employees are overworked. Behind workplace trends like quiet quitting, quiet vacationing and great exhaustion, there's a collective undertone looking for relief from relentless work.

Karyn Rhodes, VP of HR Services at isolved, argues "quiet vacationing" is a temporary solution for employees to find an appropriate work-life balance on their own. She believes employers shouldn't lose sight of the underlying truth behind these buzzwords and instead confront the epidemic of overwork in our workplace.

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