'Quiet vacationing': Surveys show workers don't use all of their vacation days, play hooky

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'Quiet vacationing' is the latest new term to describe the rough edges of office culture, and survey data shows it's widespread among North American workers.

The final slice at the office pizza party, left unclaimed until nobody's looking; the undeclared first-class upgrade on the overnight business trip and now, the underutilized paid time off , balanced with an occasional habit of playing hooky.

To Anil Verma, a professor emeritus at the Rotman School of Management, that "look-busy" instinct may be borne more from popular myth than empirical experience. Thirty-one per cent of U.S. respondents to the Harris survey said that "pressure to always be available and responsive to demands" was a barrier to utilizing more of their allowed time off, with "heavy workload" close behind at 30 per cent.

As for Canadian workers, respondents to the 2022 Maru survey were asked how many extra hours they typically worked in order to prepare for and recover from a one-week vacation. On average, surveyed Canadians worked 11.7 hours outside of their normal schedules to make up for their time off, kicking back just shy of one and a half of the five paid days off provided in the example scenario.

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