Work is More Demanding Than Ever
Workplce No Comments »We all work for one reason…to make money. Some are more fortunate than others to actually enjoy what they do and have fun while they are doing it. for that small percentage of the workforce, the old saying “the definition of work is that which is not fun” does not apply. In Expedia.com’s 2006 Vacation Deprivation survey, they estimated that Americans failed to use 574 million vacation days over the last year, worth about $75.72 billion based on workers’ average hourly earnings. For some workers who don’t take all their vacation, it’s a “status thing” to work constantly — or at least appear to be working, said Peter Rose, a partner with the marketing research firm Yankelovich. In this uncertain employment market, unusually long hours and the fear of being downsized has provoke a self inflicted work frenzy that is eating away at our personal lives. Moral of the story, if you have vacation…use it because it has been given to you by the company to provide incentive for working so hard the rest of the time and to ultimately keep you form burning out.