{"id":761,"date":"2017-06-27T15:30:17","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T15:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/?p=761"},"modified":"2017-06-27T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T15:36:13","slug":"the-summertime-homestretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/?p=761","title":{"rendered":"The Summertime Homestretch!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We are officially into\u00a0the Summertime Homestretch! Here at Insights360<\/strong><\/span>, summer projects are gearing up.\u00a0My team and I\u00a0find that we are most productive when we take time to disconnect on weekends, and certainly over vacation.<\/p>\n

But have you heard of people\u00a0who have vacation days and don’t take them. What’s that about?<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the results from Project: Time Off’s State of American Vacation 2016 report<\/a>, <\/em>our nation\u2019s vacation usage<\/span> has fallen to 16 days a year\u2014nearly a full week less than the average in 2000. These findings provide a comprehensive look at America\u2019s vacation habits to date. The survey, conducted by Oxford Economics, included 5,641 U.S. employees who earn time off. \u00a055 percent of Americans didn\u2019t use all of their vacation time in 2015, resulting in a total of 658 million unused paid vacation days per year! Jaw. Dropped.<\/p>\n

Is it about prestige? Shankar Vedantam in his\u00a0Hidden Brain podcast<\/a>, which aired on April 27, 2017, shares a study where Americans feel and are attributed higher status\u00a0by others if they are\u00a0SOOO<\/em>\u00a0busy they can’t take their vacation days.<\/p>\n

In Europe, people would look at you and think you’re crazy. \u00a0Let’s not be crazy, my friends. Take your vacation. Hear this video message….<\/p>\n

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