Summertime is the time we think about
vacation. If you haven’t made a plan or are reluctant to do so, consider this.
According to Project Time Off, “American
workers are overwhelmed. After years of being asked to “do more with less”
workers are overstretched, stressed out, and exhausted. The always-on, 24/7
American work culture is taking a heavy toll, leading to 429 million wasted
vacation days that undermine our personal, business, and economic well-being.”
Not taking the
vacation or time off you are entitled to is called, “The Work Martyr Complex”.
Reasons given for forfeiting paid time off include fears about appearing less
committed, being overlooked for important projects and concerns about the
amount of work that will be waiting upon return.
According
to an Oxford Economics’
analysis, which includes
results reported by the U.S. Bureau of Larbor and Statistics, “there is no link
between putting in more time at the office and getting a pay raise or bonus. In
fact, employees who left 11-15 days of PTO unused last year are actually less
likely (6.5% less likely) to have received a raise or bonus in the past three
years than those who used all of their PTO.”
In fact
research shows that time off greatly enhances: better physical health, personal
productivity, closer family relationships, new ideas, less chance of burn out,
more energy.
If you want to
the best you can be for yourself, your family and your employer, take taking a
break seriously.
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