Where did my vacation go?
December 20th, 2006Are you old enough to remember the 30-hour workweek debate? Not only are we working more hours, but 24% of workers have not taken any vacation time this year and another 14 percent have not left work for more than a long weekend (Hudson Index).
When they do have “vacation time,” it’s not really a vacation. 72% of workers and 87% of managers stay in touch with the office while they are supposed to be de-stressing.
The survey also found:
- Two-fifths (38 percent) of workers and managers return from vacation no more relaxed or even more stressed than when they left as a result of the work they missed.
- Half of employees say their company does not offer them any extra flexibility around the holidays in order to shop or make preparations.
- Twenty-three percent of workers claim to be more productive during the holiday season than other times of the year. Conversely, 37 percent of the work force admits to being less productive.
- Half of managers (49 percent) feel they have greater flexibility at work during the holiday season, and 42 percent state their office is more casual then as well. Those figures are 37 percent and 35 percent, respectively, for all workers.
