Feb 13th, 2012 at 10:00AM: After a long weekend, have you ever thought- 'if only every work week lasted only four days?' Flex time and four 10-hour day work weeks are becoming more common, but most of us are still stuck working at least five days a week.
I wouldn't advise joining the Foreign Service solely because you want more vacation time and travel opportunities, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that these are two ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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A Traveler in the Foreign Service: where paid time off is taken seriously
Feb 13th, 2012 at 10:00AM: After a long weekend, have you ever thought- 'if only every work week lasted only four days?' Flex time and four 10-hour day work weeks are becoming more common, but most of us are still stuck working at least five days a week.
I wouldn't advise joining the Foreign Service solely because you want more vacation time and travel opportunities, but I'd be lying if I didn't admit that these are two ...Americans leave an average of 11 vacation days on the table each year
Nov 14th, 2011 at 11:30AM: We've spent the past two weekends trying to plan a last-minute pre-holiday getaway and keep coming to the same conclusion ... it's just too busy at the office to take time off right now. Turns out, we're not alone - a recent Harris Interactive study conducted on behalf of JetBlue Airways found that 57% of working Americans will have unused vacation time at the end of the year, and most of them ...Work for Netflix, travel when you want
Aug 26th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Let me guess: you want to travel more, but you don't get enough vacation time. You'd love to take that month-long trip through Asia or just sit on a beach for an extra week every year. Those of us who don't really take a whole lot of vacation time would love to get a bit more of it, even if it means working from the road.
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Which country loves to work? See who doesn't take vacation time
Aug 8th, 2010 at 4:00PM: A friend of mine asked me a few days ago when I last went on vacation – a real one. I struggled to remember the last time I went on a trip and didn't write or, before that, keep up with what was going on at the office. After stopping and focusing, I remembered a four-day trip I took to Orlando back in late 2005. Even there, I'm not sure that I didn't work, I just don't remember spending time ...10 travel resolutions for 2010
Dec 30th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
As 2009 draws to a close and we look back on the last 365 days of travel, it's time to make some resolutions for the coming year. Here are ten travel resolutions that will help you be a happier, more fulfilled traveler in 2010.
Pack lighter
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/10_Travel_Resolutions_for_2010'; Nearly every domestic carrier now charges for the first checked bag. The ...Swiss vacations about to increase?
May 29th, 2009 at 10:00AM: It looks like the Swiss won't have to worry about how to look busy while they're on vacation. If a referendum by Swiss citizens passes, the current standard of four vacation weeks a year may increase by 50 percent. The measure was good enough to pick up 125,000 signatures, but it still has a long way to go.
The group behind the referendum, Travail.Suisse, cites increased stress in the workplace ...Who works harder? Aussies or Americans? What does this mean for tourism?
Jan 12th, 2009 at 2:00PM: In this article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australians are touted as working the hardest out of people in the developed world.
Here are the statistics given to prove the point. In Australia:
Almost 60% of the people with full-time jobs don't take all of their four-week vacation time.
Years of this practice have many people with 8 weeks of unused time.
Corporate men ages 35-49 ...Hey Americans: Take a Vacation!
Jun 7th, 2007 at 9:54AM: Recently, I told my boss that I wanted to take a week-long vacation in July. "A whole week, huh?" he asked. "Yup." I smiled. "Do you have the vacation time for a whole week?" "Yes." "Really?" he sighed. "It seems like you're always on vacation." "That's interesting," I said. "Because it only feels like that to you." Before entering his office, I felt ashamed to ask to use the vacation time that I ...
