Nearly 75 Percent of Vacationers Check in with Their Workplaces
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Vault.com, August 2006
According to the workplace website Vault.com, 73.9 percent of employees admit to contacting the office or colleagues while on vacation. Close to half (47.3 percent) say they do some work when they're away.
Here are some other key findings of the website's first annual Vacation survey. The survey collected responses from both employees and employers.
"What Vacation?"
| Question | Employees | Employers |
| Have you ever curtailed a vacation to return to work? | Yes: 19.3% No: 80.7% |
Yes: 19.7% No: 80.3% |
"Vacation No-no's"
| Question | Employees | Employers |
| Have you ever been turned down for (rejected) a requested vacation? | Yes: 39.5% No: 70.5% |
Yes: 27.6% No: 72.4% |
| Have you ever been disciplined (had to discipline someone) for abusing vacation/sick/personal days? | Yes: 5.3% No: 94.7% |
Yes: 47.7% No: 52.3% |
"Calling In Sick"
| Question | Employees | Employers |
| Have you ever feigned illness to take a sick day from work? | Yes: 52.7% No: 47.3% |
Yes: 44.8% No: 55.2% |
"Vacation Time"
| Question | Employees | Employers |
| Do you think the amount of vacation time you receive is sufficient? |
Yes: 30.9% No: 69.1% |
Yes: 36.8% No: 63.2% |
| Does your vacation time increase based on the amount of time you've spent with the company? | Yes: 76.3% No: 23.7% |
Yes: 87.9% No: 12.1% |
