Not Taking Vacations

Everyone needs vacation from tough situation in office and business response. Without vacation, people will overreactive and overwhelmed with their job and no good result at all! The important is : how a person figure their problems in office after vacation? Are they happy to come back to their office or they use their vacation to find another job? Interesting to think over about this..................

To have passion for your job. Most do not. Find out what inspires you and focus with positive energy.

Overworking in a dead-end job can create job burn-out. We all need to have fun in our lives and maybe that can be working fun too.

Mr. Trump,

Let me say to you first off, thank you for last October's speech at the Javits Center. Did they really pay you a million dollars to speak that night? It was a great speech, a lot of fun to sit in on, and I won't forget how you close it out...you said, "making money can be a lot of fun. Go out there, and have a great time."
I doubt there is any business man or woman, who would disagree, that work is stress, but if you learn to have fun while you're doing it, it may just make the difference between being a success at what you do, or being burnt out, physically or mentally

D.L.

In a perfect world you can combine a team that does not abuse the meaning of vacation.

However polarities exist everywhere and as such it is not unusual to find your local Leisure Suit Larry who considers gulfing a sport and scheduled pass time with a cellphone in pocket. It is difficult to work with that and not enjoy the same priviledge at some given point in life. Honesty is my best suit. Polarities adopt what is.

That said it is very troublesome to consider those who do take such vacation and then need time away due in large to illness. I am a firm believer in damage control to distinguish what is important to me in my own private affairs outside the competitive arena I know what it means to plan for those unsuspecting days that no one ever plans for.

So I don't mind working through my holidays. I got to ride the tram this summer. The weather is perfect here. My laptop fits perfect at the summit. And I packed a lunch too !

does spending my sunday watching bloombergs asian banking system segment count for something? and on a -business channel someone actually said that its tough to understand this stuff even for the professionals. probably true. respectfully, some like the crest, and some like time. grueling for any business person, even for myself, yet sometimes time is better. isn’t time the advantage? if my vacation was spent watching international trade routes, and my hobby would be predicting a fed bank speech before a press conference release, i would be a happy fish, in my life under the sea.

Although i think people want to take vacations, yet sometimes when they get a chance they have a to-do-list, around the house, but i think people do want to use their vacation time since the summer is still here. i think its about 3 or 4 weeks till sepetember 4th when school starts again.

On the aside my new credit card made it well worth my while to work this summer.

It will make paying for your course load much easier than snail mail :)

As I have said I am slow but I did make it to the top of the mountain this summer, and earned a better credit rating because of it.

Added bonus my son worked a meer 240 hours this past month serving one hundred customers per hour.

A chip off the old block, none of the other teenagers worked as much, they were all dismissed.

They didn't want to work that hard snickers, they may have left him with all the work,

but he got all those paycheques behind his belt too !

Recently I was asked about my preferred pattern for vacationing. I explained to this gentleman that typically, I vacation once every 3 or 4 years. That might shock some people to think of taking a vacation so seldom, but it also presents an unclear picture for many. To me, a vacation is an all out vacation that might last five weeks. Between those vacations, I have taken many business related trips that mix business with rest and relaxation, giving me the chance to write off many costs related to the trip. I'm one who has a very active mind and finds it very difficult to lay on a beach for 2 weeks at a time. I enjoy mixing work with pleasure. For many this is a healthy mix, unfortunately, here in the Province of British Columbia in Canada, vacations for employees are not optional, they are mandatory. It's a labor law thats equally frustrating for many employers as well as some employees.

James C. Tanner

James C. Tanner of www.silent-wonder.com and of www.whats-he-like.com is a retired entrepreneur, a former special investigator, and a published writer who's articles and business related comments are currently enjoyed by 12.5 million readers monthly.

Hello! Ín Sweden where I live the normal weeks of vacation is between 4-5 weeks per year and it is paid by the company. A lot of people plans the vacation time in the summer season. We can save weeks to take it out in a later stage but it is rarely done and it is regulated by the company versus the labor union so normally the most Swedes take out up to 5 weeks per year. Just for information if someone is interested.

Yours sincerely

Per Carell

As Voltaire was saying with regard to the work: It is a way of the life being earned, is the antidote of the leisure, origin of all the vices; and especially, it provides to us the opportunity to be useful to the society to whom we belong.

I believe that what this one happening stocks on me experience is because we are afraid to the postvacation syndrome. When we go on holidays we get out of order in the schedule, followed by the change in the daily pace and in the cycles, change in the eaten ones and especially, in our social relational activity. If to this we add the return to an environment of demands and requirements and to a pace that makes us change sharply our habits of last weeks, which makes us victims of the so called postvacation syndrome.

It is wonderful once a year to take a few days vacation. 4 days is plenty. Being back to work rested makes a big difference in presence. We all need a vacation, even if for only 4 days once a year. Recharge, give yourself the gift of a little breathing room.

I think it has been proven that people don't take vacations because their jobs are put on the line. I work for myself, thanks to Mr. Trump, so that is not an issue for me. I tend to work more hours in the day, so if I want and can take a week off, then off I go. I love working for myself, but I don't take advantage of the fact that I set my own hours. People who do like their job should go elsewhere. They are not good for the company anyway.

My dh doesn't take many vacations, but did try to take 3 days last year. Unfortunately, his manager asked him to work 2 of the 3 days; he was asked to sit in meetings during those days (he is a supervisor). This was around the Christmas holidays and was his 2nd vacation time in about 7 years working in the office.

I do feel that an efficient boss should do a better job at handling an employee's absence when an employee takes a planned absence as my dh had requested the 3-day leave a few months ahead of time. For example, have a backup person (or two) who are ready to fill in for the vacationing person. I do hope that when your employees do finally take their 3 or 4 days off you don't call them back in to the office, but let them enjoy their time off!

I love Don but this is where rich people go wrong. They actually think people like their jobs so thats why they don't go on vacation. There's been surveys done that say 40% or more of America likes their job but the truth is NO ONE likes their job. I think Trump doesn't like vaca only because he is doing what he wants to do. Put Trump under a retarded boss and I guarantee you, he'd go on Vaca as much as possible.

Reality is, companies have gotten so tight on hiring that if you go on vaca there is no one to cover for you and you have 10 times the work when you get back. Most middle management bosses are retards put in their jobs by other retards who are lazy and won't or CAN'T fill in for you. This is the every day American company folks.

I study Mr. Trump often but I think he's read the wrong book on this one.

Ah - you're hurting yourself Mr. Trump. If your people aren't taking vacations they're not changing the scenery. They're not taking advantage of the new experiences, new people, new insights they have when they do take a vacation. I would FORCE all my employees to take their vacations with one stipulation - they can't stay home and lay around the yard. They MUST go someplace they haven't been before, do something they haven't done before and try something they've never tried before. Creative people thrive on change and what better way to experience change than on a vacation. Sorry. I disagree with your attitude on this one. I love what I do and if I were independently wealthy I'd still work at it full time. But I recognize that part of what makes me good at what I do is I do take a break and experience something new and different every chance I get - even if it's only for a day or two. I urge you to rethink this one.

I guess people who have small children would want to spend more (vacation) time with them. And you have a small child now....?

The comments posted by member1633560 on 08/13/2007 1:04 AM include valid points, but I have found that moments in the day can serve the same purpose. Taking a quick walk, smelling a flower, sitting on a park bench, doing anything out of the ordinary opens up those connections between disciplines that allow for those "aha" moments. I think the most important things to allow time for are those you love, and a few good laughs.

I don't know what your office structure is like, but having been part of many different kinds, I believe you get the most productive results in an office that is less structured and offers places to stimulate the creative process (such as a library, a fitness room etc.) If everyone loves his job, the work will still get done, the people will be less stressed and more creative, and healthier. Which brings me back to earlier comments regarding the internet use during work. If you are paying employees hourly, then, you own the time. If you are paying a salary, you own the work, and as long as it gets done, does it really matter that they took a break somewhere in between?