Is it difficult for Americans to leave?In order to alleviate professional burnout, some US companies forced employees to take vacations

【Source: Nine Pai News】

According to recent data from the American Society, nearly 60%of the employees across the United States have felt physical and mental exhaustion during the work in 2021. Although the pressure and burnout of employees have continued to rise before the epidemic, more than 50%of people still have no event. Choose paid vacation.

The BBC once said that there seems to be some "uninvited holiday culture" in American society -most American workers have not only enjoyed legal vacations, but many employees even take the initiative to give up vacation. In the United States, many people are proud of working overtime for a long time. When asked why "don't love vacation", some American netizens gave a grand answer, such as "because we are hardworking" or "because we love money".

However, more US netizens expressed their dislikes about this "uninvited holiday culture". Netizens said: "If I do n’t have the same working state of the year, I will be regarded as a“ lazy ghost ”. This culture is disgusting. A PhD has changed the work 3 times in the past 8 years. Each company he played for him couldn't wait to let him work for 24 hours a day. Even if you occasionally get a vacation opportunity, you have to encounter the embarrassment of "two ends" before and after work. He complained: "How much you have to contribute, otherwise it is 'unsuccessful' ... This is the United States."

In order to alleviate the "professional burnout" of employees, some companies have changed the rules of "unlimited vacation" and are implementing the "Mandator Time OFF" system. The system stipulates that employees must take at least once every quarter, six months or each year.

The epidemic has promoted the development of the "mandatory vacation" system. The US multinational investment bank and financial service company Goldman Sachs Group is the pioneer of this trend. The company once asked all employees to "rest at least 15 days a year" and allow senior employees to "unlimited restrictions on unlimited restrictions Unlimited Paid Holiday.

However, the "unlimited paid vacation" seems to be beautiful, but this is not the case. Because in the working culture of the United States, the behavior of continuous work without rest is praise. On the contrary, leave will make employees feel guilty, and "unlimited" basically only means that there is no fixed vacation time. After 10 days of rest, other employees would only feel uneasy if they rest. In addition, "it is difficult for American employees to find vacation time, because there is no time 'time, and there will always be jobs in your hands." Said Natalie Gould, the human resources manager of multinational software company BALSAMIQ.

Therefore, if the enterprise does not have a positive vacation culture, even if it allows unlimited paid vacation, employees cannot ensure smooth vacations. On the contrary, because of a clearer regulations for the mandatory vacation, employees can take the initiative to take the initiative to leave without burdens.

This is the case of BALSAMIQ. Initially, the company implemented an unlimited vacation system, but the company manager quickly discovered that its employees, especially American employees, did not have enough vacation time, so they turned to force vacation. At present, the company is encouraging employees to take at least 20 days a year and track their vacation time to promote the system to be better executed, but even if they do not meet the minimum vacation days, they will not be punished.

Faced with the same situation, there are We Are Rosie, a marketing company in Georgia Atlanta. We Are Rosie adjusted unlimited vacations into compulsory in the early stage of the epidemic, because they "found that employees were guilty about the team's lack of work." The company now requires all employees to take at least 5 days per quarter. In addition, there are more than 5 days of paid vacation each year. In order to encourage vacation, vacation every quarter will be counted as employees' performance. Essence

However, despite the recognition of employees for mandatory vacations, its success is ultimately based on a corporate culture that allows employees to take vacations. For those companies that have not enforced the vacation policy mechanism, Anat Lechner, an associate professor at Stan Business School of New York University, suggested that if employees do not perform mandatory leave, they punish their superiors. After all, employees will not want to take vacations themselves.

Of course, imposing vacation is not the best way to solve the "career burnout", and more importantly, to build a working environment that encourages employees to rest. Arrange working hours and create a more humane career environment, so that employees can take a vacation without worries, and other employees will not work overtime due to lack of hands.

Jiupai journalist Liang Xia

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