Vacation Deprivation - 2007
Many of you may recall that last year at this time I reported on the survey results of the Expedia Vacation Deprivation study. In fact, I was also interviewed here in Toronto regarding the results for Canada by Metro News (Toronto) and the impact on Canadian workers.
The 2007 Expedia Vacation Deprivation Survey, released a short while ago looked at the US, Germany, Great Britain and Spain. Canada was unfortunately not included in this year’s survey.
Once again, there were some very interesting findings, including the continued trend of workers in the US not taking their requisite holiday. Overall, some of the major findings included:
* 35% of US adults do not takethe vacation days they are entitled to. This continues the downward trend of not taking vacation, which was found as 33% in 2006, and 31% in 2005
Why? Reasons cited included:
The need to schedule vacation time in advance(13%)
Getting money back for unused vacation days (12%)
Work if life and it’s too hard to get away (10%)
* The average American worker gives back 3 vacation days a year, translating to 438.9 milliion vacation days annually across the US, worth $60.46 Billion dollars (Note in 2006 US workers on average gave back 4 vacation days, and in 2005 gave back 3 vacation days)
* 23% of employed adults checked voice mail or email while on vacation (up from 16% in 2005)
* 40% of American workers surveyed said that they would take a “power week” (at least one full week of vacation and using the remaining time here and there) with only 14% indicating that they would take a full 2 week vacation
Internationally:
* German employees fared the best with 79% of employed adults taking all their vacation entitlements
* French employees received the most vacation days in all survey countries (36 days) and also took the most vacation (on average 34 days)
* Great Britain: Employees received the least amount of vacation days in Europe (24 days on average), however this amount is significantly higher than US workers entitlements (14 days on average)
You can download a copy of the survey results for the 2007 Expedia Vacation Deprivation study here.
So what are the implications for this? As I stated in my interview with Metro News last year,
"Not only is vacation time good for the employee, but it is good for the company. A lot of it comes down to the difference between working and working productively. Are they(the employees) working at optimal productivity? Work-life balance impacts company productivity and profitability. It makes (good) business sense.".
What are your thoughts? Are you vacation deprived? What is the impact of this? On your work? Your productivity? Your balance? What's pushing you, or stopping you, with vacations?
As always, I would welcome your thoughts – please feel free to comment below.
Have a balanced week,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP, CPT
Potentials Realized
Toll Free: 1-866-217-1960
The 2007 Expedia Vacation Deprivation Survey, released a short while ago looked at the US, Germany, Great Britain and Spain. Canada was unfortunately not included in this year’s survey.
Once again, there were some very interesting findings, including the continued trend of workers in the US not taking their requisite holiday. Overall, some of the major findings included:
* 35% of US adults do not takethe vacation days they are entitled to. This continues the downward trend of not taking vacation, which was found as 33% in 2006, and 31% in 2005
Why? Reasons cited included:
The need to schedule vacation time in advance(13%)
Getting money back for unused vacation days (12%)
Work if life and it’s too hard to get away (10%)
* The average American worker gives back 3 vacation days a year, translating to 438.9 milliion vacation days annually across the US, worth $60.46 Billion dollars (Note in 2006 US workers on average gave back 4 vacation days, and in 2005 gave back 3 vacation days)
* 23% of employed adults checked voice mail or email while on vacation (up from 16% in 2005)
* 40% of American workers surveyed said that they would take a “power week” (at least one full week of vacation and using the remaining time here and there) with only 14% indicating that they would take a full 2 week vacation
Internationally:
* German employees fared the best with 79% of employed adults taking all their vacation entitlements
* French employees received the most vacation days in all survey countries (36 days) and also took the most vacation (on average 34 days)
* Great Britain: Employees received the least amount of vacation days in Europe (24 days on average), however this amount is significantly higher than US workers entitlements (14 days on average)
You can download a copy of the survey results for the 2007 Expedia Vacation Deprivation study here.
So what are the implications for this? As I stated in my interview with Metro News last year,
"Not only is vacation time good for the employee, but it is good for the company. A lot of it comes down to the difference between working and working productively. Are they(the employees) working at optimal productivity? Work-life balance impacts company productivity and profitability. It makes (good) business sense.".
What are your thoughts? Are you vacation deprived? What is the impact of this? On your work? Your productivity? Your balance? What's pushing you, or stopping you, with vacations?
As always, I would welcome your thoughts – please feel free to comment below.
Have a balanced week,
Jennifer
Jennifer Britton, CPCC, CHRP, CPT
Potentials Realized
Toll Free: 1-866-217-1960
Labels: vacation deprivation, work life balance
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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