Americans Workers Fail to Disconnect from Work

New Survey: Majority of American Workers Leave Vacation Days Unused, Fail to Disconnect When on Break

As the days slowly begin to grow longer, more Americans may start thinking about vacation, something recent research suggests they don’t take nearly enough of. 

A study commissioned by British Airways found that 68 percent of employed adults in the United States have unused vacation days at the end of the year, because work is simply too busy to take time off. 
Americans have long been known as workaholics, but the results of the study show that vacation time is suffering in a major way. Twenty-nine percent of respondents said they were saving up vacation days, which they ultimately didn’t use. 
Nearly one in four Americans said they’ve lost the equivalent of an entire business week of vacation days over the course of a year, according to the survey.  Those five days could go a long way in reducing stress--that is if potential vacationers could become better at actually decompressing when they are out of the office.  Read Full Article