Steelcase Survey Shows We Do Take Work With Us

July 30, 2006  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on July 2006 A new survey shows that almost half of us take work on vacation, not just beach reads or swim suits

A survey by Opinion Research for office-furniture company Steelcase found that almost half (43 percent) of the respondents spent at least some time working during vacation.

This statistic has greatly increased compared to results culled from ten years ago: about 23 percent took work with them on vacation, according to Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Steelcase.

The survey included nearly 700 office workers. The survey showed that only 61 percent of Americans use all of their allotted vacation time in a year.

Blame it on laptops and portable technology? Or perhaps, blame it on a overactive work ethic.

People said they are “committed to the job” (25 percent), had a “pressing assignment that needs to be taken care of” (22 percent) or that they “don’t want to leave it all for when I get back” (12 percent).

Some people said they can’t “relax until things are taken care of” (10 percent).

The survey, which polled nearly 700 office workers, also revealed that only 61 percent of Americans use all of their allotted vacation time in a year.

“This data causes us to question whether job commitment has increased or if the ease of connectivity enables workers to demonstrate their job commitment remotely and persistently,” said Steelcase’s manager of corporate marketing, Chris Congdon, in a release.