Ah, summer. Time for a nice family vacation, right? Ha! Not only do U.S. workers earn fewer vacation days than our counterparts across the industrialized world (we average 13 days annually; the Japanese get 25, and Italians 42), but a recent survey by Oxford Health Plans has found that nearly one in five of us don’t use up the few free days we have. Other findings:
34% of respondents said their jobs were so pressing that they had no downtime at work.
32% said they eat lunch at their desks.
32% don’t leave the building during the workday.
14% felt management promotes only people who usually work late.
Source: Oxford Health Plans/Central Marketing
