Millennials Dont Take Vacation Time Workaholic Offices

Millennials Don't Take Vacation Time Workaholic Offices A new survey uncovers one of the reasons more than half of Americans leave vacation time on the table every year: millennials. According to a new report from “Project: Time Off,” a travel-industry initiative that looks at how people use (or don’t use, as the case may be) their vacation time, half of millennial employees think looking like a martyr at work by never taking time off will impress the boss. Video Player is loading.Play VideoPlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  SharePlayback Rate1xChaptersChaptersDescriptionsdescriptions off, selectedCaptionscaptions settings, opens captions settings dialogcaptions off, selectedAudio TrackFullscreenThis is a modal window. This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser Error Code: MEDIA_ERR_SRC_NOT_SUPPORTED Technical details : No compatible source was found for this media. Session ID: 2019-12-30:59b6d86453c43bd83f5686dc Player Element ID: jumpstart_video_1 OK Close Modal DialogBeginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.TextColorWhiteBlackRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyOpaqueSemi-TransparentTransparentWindowColorBlackWhiteRedGreenBlueYellowMagentaCyanTransparencyTransparentSemi-TransparentOpaqueFont Size50%75%100%125%150%175%200%300%400%Text Edge StyleNoneRaisedDepressedUniformDropshadowFont FamilyProportional Sans-SerifMonospace Sans-SerifProportional SerifMonospace SerifCasualScriptSmall CapsReset restore all settings to the default valuesDoneClose Modal DialogEnd of dialog window.PlayMuteCurrent Time  0:00/Duration  0:00Loaded: 0%Stream Type  LIVESeek to live, currently playing liveLIVERemaining Time  -0:00  Playback Rate1xFullscreenClose Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Close Modal DialogThis is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. That wouldn’t be such a problem for their colleagues except that this kind of thinking helps establish a workaholic norm for corporate culture. What’s more, a high proportion of millennials admit to “shaming” colleagues who actually do take vacation time. “They are significantly more likely than older generations to say they shame their co-workers (42%, compared to 24%),” the study explains, referencing a previous study concerning office attitudes to vacation time. “They are not joking around when they ‘vacation shame.’ Millennials who admitted to shaming their co-workers were significantly more likely than older generations to say they are at least somewhat serious (42%, compared to 22%).” As for young workers themselves, many say they are too insecure and afraid for their jobs to make use of the vacation time they have available. This is even the case though they’re likely to have much less vacation time than their more seasoned colleagues. When asked why they had forsaken vacation, more than a quarter of millennials surveyed were afraid that taking time off could take them out of the running for a promotion or a raise. In addition, 27% each said taking a vacation would make them seem replaceable or that they felt guilty using their days, while 23% said they were afraid of what their boss might think, and 30% said that not taking vacation was a way to show their employer how dedicated they are to their job. By comparison, only 10% of baby boomers said they forfeit vacation because they’re afraid of the boss’s reaction, and only 15% said not taking vacation shows how completely dedicated they are. Read Next: Millennials Hate Their Jobs Even More Than You Do That’s not all. Millennial bosses â€" which nearly three in 10 are these days â€" are even worse. Almost half of millennial managers say they feel pressure to turn down vacation requests from the workers who report to them. So if you’re going to get a new boss who’s young enough to be your kid, you might want to take that time off now, or risk losing it forever.