With 10 days of public holidays and an average of 10 days for annual leave, healthy employees in China work 241 days a year. This comes up to 1,928 working hours; 241 lunch hours in-between working hours and up to 582 hours of traveling time (to and from work).
Yet, quite a few employees go to work counting their next upcoming days off from their employer. Comments like the following are not unusual: “Another two days to go before the weekend”, “I already booked the flight, another three weeks to go”, “We just came back from our holiday and now must wait 7 weeks for Labour Day Holiday”, etc.
All too often, holidays are the key impetus for satisfaction in employees’ professional life.
Understandably, holidays are something to look forward and a break from a routine. But, employers should learn to distinguish between holiday excitement and holiday relief. After all, they expect employees to arrive back from their holiday revitalized and not sorry to be back at work.
A reluctance to return may signal that the company does not challenge, inspire, and motivate the employees. Leaders and managers should change a defunct culture by designing meaningful work experiences so that employees view 31% of their life each year as a contribution rather than a sacrifice.
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