Will your 2006 vacation work for you?
Vacations are supposed to be those times when we get away from the daily grind, that even the best of jobs become after a time, to recharge out batteries. But vacations don’t always work that way.
The current issue of my semi-monthly newsletter focuses on this subject.
Think about these findings from recent surveys.
One-fourth of all American workers do not get a paid vacation. Of those who have the benefit about one-third don’t use all the time they earn. On average, four days of earned vacation are unused.
Fourteen days is the average vacation available for the three fourths of those men and women who do get a vacation. (That number is 24 days per year in England and 39 days in France.)
About one-third check their faxes and e-mails each day on vacation.
Sixty-five percent of those take some vacation feel stress about being away from their job.
What do you think of this?
Do you use all the vacation time you earn?
How’s about sharing your challenges in taking the vacation time you have earned?
This is your blog. I hope you will make the most of it. Share your thoughts and advice with others. Explain your problems on the job. I’ll be glad to offer individualized advice. And I am sure others will be glad to share what they have learned from their experiences.
Have a GREAT VACATION.
Ramon
Dear Anonymous,
I recognize this request, my manager asked the same of me. Do yourself a favor and save the results as you may be asked to do this again a year from now. When my manager made this request to our department we were told it was a one-time thing. The following year the same request was made. I was the only one who had saved it and was done in a fraction of the time. I had the format, most of the statistics were applicable. I only had to give it a little tweak to bring it up to date.
Lana
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To Anonymous who inquired about writing job descriptions.
I recommend that your use the following outline for the person you are seeking to hire:
1. Statement of goals and responsibilities for the job.
2. List the functions.
Use this outline when you are dealing with your own position and add the time your spend at each function.
I wish your success.
Ramon
Lauren…
You are dealing with a would-be manipulator, who is not at all subtle. I recommend that you ignore such remarks. If he keeps at it say something along these lines:
“I don’t agree with you. I know that I do my best work when I take the vacation have earned. It gives me time to recharge my batteries; and I think everyone needs that.
I wish you success.
Ramon
Ray…
I agree with your 100 %.
It is the short-sighted employer (and the loser) who doesn’t see that it’s the productivity, not time at the grindstone, that couts.
Thanks for your input
I wish you success!
Ramon
It is the company’s problem- for years I never took my full vacation and I was even used as an example- I noticed the owner of the company ( I am the GM ) took more and more time off- I realized it was time to change- this year I am taking a full 2 weeks at one time in addition to other vacation time- you should be judged by your production and not your “brownie point” time.
I have two weeks of vacation like many of my post-graduate working friends. Vacation time is extremely important to me in a job, even more than my salary! The problem I have is that my boss is really passive aggressive when it comes to taking vacations. He agrees to let me go, but then makes me feel guilty in little ways – like all the “good workers” don’t use all of their vacation time. I hate how the people that work 52 weeks a year get more “points” than me – is this my problem or my company’s?
Thanks for the advice!
I have been asked to write up my job responsibilities and what percentage
of time I spend on each. I also need to write up a job description for
someone that I want to hire.
Do you have any recommendations on how the layout should look to be most
beneficial and clear?
I am an executive assistant and have never done this before.
Thank you for your time.