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Average U.S. Employee Takes Half Earned Vacation

posted by Woods on Tuesday April 29 2014, @12:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-am-on-vacation-right-now-and-loving-it dept.

AnonTechie writes:

According to Glassdoor's Q1 2014 Employment Confidence Survey, the average U.S. employee (of those who receive vacation/paid time off) only takes half (51%) of his or her eligible vacation time/paid time off. In addition, when employees do take paid time off, three in five (61%) admit doing some work. Each quarter, the Glassdoor Employment Confidence Survey monitors four key indicators of employment confidence: salary expectations, job security, the job market and company outlook. This quarter's survey also took a look at employee vacation time, including the percentage of eligible vacation time/paid time off employees actually take, how much they work and why while on vacation, among other realities.

 
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  • (Score: 1) by WillR on Tuesday April 29 2014, @02:23PM

    by WillR (2012) on Tuesday April 29 2014, @02:23PM (#37666)
    That 5 year old vacation time you cashed out cost the company extra money since you probably received raises, making it more valuable to you, costing the company more money.
    Implementing a LIFO queue for vacation time and accounting for each chunk at the employee's equivalent wage when it was accrued across a huge 100k+ employee company is probably less computationally complex than a single game of Candy Crush. "It makes the accounting hard" is still a common excuse for stupid corporate policies, but it's not very convincing reason anymore.