Find out the results of our July Vox Populi poll, asking about work habits during annual leave.
Vacation is for tying up loose ends
43% of our LinkedIn respondents spends their vacation doing their remaining work tasks, while 53 % regularly checks their work e-mail. Upon returning from vacation, 61 % of respondents doesn’t feel an increase in motivation at work. When it comes to our Instagram followers, unsolicited task solving is also not rare – 33% of respondents admit to do their remaining work tasks, while 47 % thinks about tasks waiting for them upon their return.
On Instagram, 61 % of respondents used up their last year’s annual leave fully, however, only 43 % managed to rest from work completely. Furthermore, almost two thirds of respondents doesn’t feel more productive upon returning from vacation, while 74 % does not notice an increase in motivation.
When it comes to communication during annual leave, 68 % of respondents check their business e-mails. 35 % of them are contacted by their managers, and 68% of them by their coworkers. Because of this, two thirds of respondents feel upset because of business contact during their vacation. Their need for rest is clearly communicated by the fact that 73% of our poll’s respondents don’t want to be aware even of the most important events at work while on annual leave.
In conclusion, this month’s #VoxPopuliResults highlight the need for clearer boundaries between work and rest to ensure better quality rest and increase the motivation and productivity of employees upon their return to work. We encourage everybody to use the opportunity to rest completely and disengage from work happenings to return refreshed and motivated to take on new challenges.
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