A Vacation by Any Other Name?

As I get ready to leave on vacation, I had to come across a post on the Worthwhile blog called Vacation? What vacation?  Here are some interesting highlights:

• last year, Americans forfeited an average of 3 paid vacation days - 415 million days total - a 50% increase over 2003
• the value of unredeemed frequent-flyer miles is $700 billion, exceeding the value of U.S. dollars in circulation
• middle-aged men who skip vacation for five years increase their risk of heart attack by 30%
• the RAND Corporation in California now gives its employees a 5% bonus if they use all of their vacation days
• 32% of paid vacation time is spent doing non-vacation activities
• 30% of employees do office-work during vacation
• 43% return feeling overwhelmed by the work they have to do

I had previously written about this at The Office of the Future - Can Employers and Employees Handle It?