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No-Vacation Nation?
Recent studies have shown that
America is on its way to becoming a “no-vacation nation.” In "Save
the American Vacation" from takebackyourtime.org, Jack Dickey points
out that in 2013, only 19% of American workers used all their accrued vacation
time and 3.2 vacation days per worker were left unused on average. Essentially, according to Dickey, Americans “did
$52.4 billion worth of work that year for free…”
Research has suggested that happier
employees make happier companies. Even
among the responders who did take a vacation, many reported that they still
engaged in work activities during their time off. The questions must be raised: Are we becoming a nation of
workaholics, and how will the effects of working ourselves so hard affect our
future as a society? Is work becoming a
central time in more peoples’ lives? Are
more people able to work remotely, and if so, does this make us more inclined to
work even when away from the office?
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