Americans Hate Vacations
Monday, August 21, 2006
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The NY Times has an interesting article on vacation days - funny, I don't think we're going to be able to take a vaction this summer, so I was thinking of asking for a payout on maybe 10 of the days. How sad is that? It's something I said I would never do - time is always more valuable than money. Leave a comment if you have something to say about it - here's a clip:
JGEven before toothpaste could clog an airport security line and a full tank of gas was considered an indulgence, Americans had begun to sour on the traditional summer vacation. But this summer, a number of surveys show that American workers, who already take fewer vacations than people in nearly all industrial nations, have pruned back their leisure days even more.
The Conference Board, a private research group, found that at the start of the summer, 40 percent of consumers had no plans to take a vacation over the next six months — the lowest percentage recorded by the group in 28 years. A survey by the Gallup Organization in May based on telephone interviews with a national sample of 1,003 adults found that 43 percent of respondents had no summer vacation plans.
About 25 percent of American workers in the private sector do not get any paid vacation time, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Another 33 percent will take only a seven-day vacation, including a weekend.
“The idea of somebody going away for two weeks is really becoming a thing of the past,” said Mike Pina, a spokesman for AAA, which has nearly 50 million members in North America. “It’s kind of sad, really, that people can’t seem to leave their jobs anymore.”
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2 Comments:
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At 8/21/2006,
Rob Cunningham said...
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I'll take your 10 days of pay, if you feel too guilty about using it or taking it.
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At 8/21/2006,
Unknown said...
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Oh, I'm quite sure I could get over my guilt as I run to the bank, especially if the alternative was handing the small check to you! JG
