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Unhappy Holidays
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
Will vacation time go the way of the Edsel? It’s hard to believe, but an increasing number of workers are uptight about being away from their jobs too long--especially CIOs, IT project managers and management-bound fast-trackers.
Whether they fear that their competition will overtake them or that they’ll miss out on something important, the mere thought of being away from their office too long makes them extremely uptight. In fact, they’re so stressed about it, they’ll often refuse to take off on holidays and won’t use up all of their vacation time.
Have I hit a sensitive nerve? Read on and learn more about this ultimately counter-productive trend.
More than one-third (37 percent) of American workers anticipate not using all of their time off this year, according to a survey conducted by the Hudson Institute, a Tampa, Fla.-based HR consulting company. In fact, one in four workers has not taken any time off this year, and an additional 14 percent have not taken a vacation longer than an extended weekend.
And when they manage to get away, 39 percent of employees check in with the office most days--if not every day. And a whopping 72 percent of the workforce obsessively checks their voicemail by phone and their e-mail via PC or Blackberry to some extent throughout the day when they are supposed to be winding down …
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