Take A Holiday, Companies Tell Worried American Workaholics

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 8-21-2006 | Harry Mount

[Khurkris]

"...having us airship them simple cardboard boxes in which to pack production because they can't find a fricking cardboard box maker who works in August."

I have dealt with this problem in the past...contact the area DHL or Fed-X office, they may well solve this "problem."

[AdAstraPerArdua]

Americans may not take much official vacation time, but they work far less days than most of the euros. For every 1000 salaried employees, US workers miss 163 days, the French miss 117 days and the good old Brits only miss 21 days and on average only work 119 hours per year less than the average American!

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lab_day_off_wor-labor-days-off-work

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lab_hou_wor-labor-hours-worked

[Moonman62]

Did he enjoy what he was doing?

[Lazamataz]

Take A Holiday, Companies Tell Worried American Workaholics

I'dLoveToTakeAHolidayButNotReallyCuzI'mAlmostFinishedWithThePenskeAccount AndOnceIFinishThatIHaveTwelveBackToBackHourLongMeetingsAndThenINeedToComplete MyFiveDifferentStatusReportsToTheCIOAndTheCOOAndTheCEOAndTheProjectManager AndTheBusinessAnalystBecauseIt'sImperitiveThatTheyKnowWhat'sGoingOnAndThen INeedToWriteTheDocumentationForThePASLOSystemThenINeedToWriteTheTechnical SpecsForTheARAMOSProjectButNotBeforeIDoMemberImportsBecauseIfIMissASingle ImportTheSystemWillNotBeCurrentGoshISureCouldUseSomeCoffeeCoffeeCOFFEE

[pierrem15]

Thanks. I hadn't seen that. Seems Americans prefer less structured (officially mandated) time off.

[AdAstraPerArdua]

'Thanks. I hadn't seen that. Seems Americans prefer less structured (officially mandated) time off.'

Or 'swinging the lead' as my grandpa used to call it! :D

[DarkSavant]

Wonder what the stats for Japan is.

[NavyCanDo]

Take a Holiday? Way ahead of ya

Disneyland Countdown - 14 days, 22 hours, 57 minutes

[Young Scholar]

And one more thing telegraph, it's EARNINGS not ALLOWANCE.

Allowance is just a more British way of saying it.

Don't forget that the Telegraph is the conservative paper.

[Overtaxed]

Take time off from the office, spend it working on the house...

[Bonaparte]

Yes, he did.

[Xenalyte]

I don't take enough vacation . . . I'm taking a half-day next Friday (we only work half of Friday) and the following Tuesday, so I get a five-day weekend.

I plan to be a complete toad and do nothing, unless one counts drinking beer and sewing beads on fabric "doing something."

[Xenalyte]

Sad, that he had to go so young . . . but a valuable lesson for you, so start slacking if you want to see three digits!

[Xenalyte]

That's what my husband does. He'll take a week off, and will be up in the morning when I'm getting read for work, building a deck or a media room or something.

He needs to learn about down time.

[dogbyte12]

There has to be a balance. People who work 80 hours a week don't have it. Working 40-45 hours a week, with 2-3 weeks off for vacation seems reasonable, especially if you have a family. Soccer games, school plays, family camping trips are worth more than the extra money to buy a third car.

[Husker8877]

Listen, I need for you to go on ahead and use the new cover page for your TPS reports, n'kay? That'd be terrific.

And ooh yeah..........gonna need ya to go on ahead and come in this saturday. N'kay? Terrific!

(Lumberg f**ked 'er!)

[Bonaparte]

"...so start slacking..."

I'm on it, Xenalyte! Got a long checklist of all the things I'm never gonna do! Getting up nice and late tomorrow so I'll have a head start on not doing them!

[Xenalyte]

You are a scholar, a gentleman, and a patriot. I salute you.