 employees just might be more valuable workers if they took some time off to relax. The average full-time worker gets just two weeks paid vacation per year. Study results vary, but more than half of all U.S. workers who get paid time off will not use all of it. Employees today often feel overworked and underpaid. That's all the more reason to take all the vacation time they've earned. With your next job, I'm Steven Greenberg.