It’s 91° here in the Twin Cities today so vacation is on the brain. CareerBuilder.com offers up some interesting survey results in Using or Losing Your Time Off?
E-leashes and hectic schedules are cutting into vacation time as increasingly wired workers are finding it hard to leave the office at home. Although an improvement from 27 percent in 2006, 20 percent of workers say they plan to stay in touch with the office during their vacation this year, according to CareerBuilder.com’s annual vacation survey, conducted by Harris Interactive of more than 6,800 workers. Nearly 15 percent of workers say they gave up at least one of their vacation days in 2006 because they didn’t have time to use it. Ten percent gave up four or more days.
First off, “e-leash” is excellent. I’ve never heard that term before but it is quite appropriate.
Second, we had a Chicago-based sales candidate take time away from her family vacation in Orlando to spend an hour on the phone with us. The Rock Star had to work through getting her schedule to align with our client’s schedule (a President) which was no small feat. The candidate did quite well on the phone interview and is moving through the process as I write.
Interestingly enough, the President thought the candidate should be available even though she was on vacation. His comment was “that is the way of sales these days.” I think he is right.