Project: Time Off Encourages You to Take a Break!
Summer’s finally here, and we’re dreaming of vacation. And that reminds us of the U.S. Travel Association’s wonderful “Project: Time Off” initiative. P:TO encourages employees to take the vacation time they’re entitled to—and not let them sit on the books gathering dust.
American workers took about 20 vacation days a year for decades… until the late ‘90s. Over the last 20 years, vacation days taken per eligible worker dropped to just over 16 days a year. We’ve become work martyrs.
This year, Americans won’t use 662 million vacation days they’ve earned and are entitled to! Why? A lot of it is the martyr syndrome keeping people at their desks. The top barriers to using the vacation days employees have earned are:
The stockpile of unused vacation is creating a spike in worker burnout. What’s worse, employees forfeited 206 million vacation days in 2016. These days could not be rolled over, could not be paid out, were not banked used for any other benefit. They were simply lost.
And remember, on Broadway, we’re in the vacation business. We need our customers to take their days off and come visit us in New York and on Broadway. And we ourselves need to take a breather so we can come back invigorated and ready to tackle another great theatre season this fall.
Learn more about Project: Time Off at www.projecttimeoff.com.
American workers took about 20 vacation days a year for decades… until the late ‘90s. Over the last 20 years, vacation days taken per eligible worker dropped to just over 16 days a year. We’ve become work martyrs.
This year, Americans won’t use 662 million vacation days they’ve earned and are entitled to! Why? A lot of it is the martyr syndrome keeping people at their desks. The top barriers to using the vacation days employees have earned are:
- Return to a mountain of work: 43%
- No one else can do the job: 34%
- Taking time off is harder with seniority: 33%
- I cannot financially afford a vacation: 32%
- Want to show complete dedication: 26%
The stockpile of unused vacation is creating a spike in worker burnout. What’s worse, employees forfeited 206 million vacation days in 2016. These days could not be rolled over, could not be paid out, were not banked used for any other benefit. They were simply lost.
And remember, on Broadway, we’re in the vacation business. We need our customers to take their days off and come visit us in New York and on Broadway. And we ourselves need to take a breather so we can come back invigorated and ready to tackle another great theatre season this fall.
Learn more about Project: Time Off at www.projecttimeoff.com.
Originally published in Broadway Briefing.