Hot fun in the summertime? If you're making vacation plans, or reading this while you're kicking back with your toes in the sand, you're probably among those of us who make a conscious effort to use our vacation days. At BAM, we encourange our team to kick back and unwind with our unlimited PTO policy. In many countries, even here in, US employees are allotted 12 vacation days each year on average… and only take 11 of them. Of the countries surveyed, America comes last on the average number of vacation days allotted and the average number of vacation days taken, and, for the most part, it’s not even close.
Aside from Mexico, where workers clock more hours than any other OECD nation, and Japan, where employees didn’t use 7 of their 19 allotted days, most other countries make the US look like a nation of workaholics.
Per the Harris Research Partners report commissioned by Expedia (yes, the travel company), workers in Hong Kong were happiest to get stuck into their PTO pot, typically not leaving any of their average 26 vacation days unused. Meanwhile, Europeans were doing their utmost to prove Kellman’s maxim, with France, Germany, and the UK all granted at least 27 days of vacation.