The Panda Bear has not forgotten her readers. She wants to
share this link The Atlantic which states that there are studies that
show that workers are more productive at work with time off. The Panda
Bear thinks more managers need to read this article.
The article states
that the average American gets about 16 "vacation" days and uses
about 14 of them. This sounds correct to the Panda Bear based on her
experience in the work force. However, the Panda Bear thinks of the 14
vacation days the average American uses, probably only about half are used on genuine
vacations with the rest of the time being used for the many chores and errands
people can't do because they work during the week. For the Panda Bear
"vacation" time includes, time off for physician appointments,
looking after sick relatives, preparing for the holidays and taking time off
from work due to bad weather.
Many Americans
take their "vacation" to visit relatives who live far away. While the
Panda Bear is all in favor of seeing family, visiting family can be stressful
and the Panda Bear does not consider this to be a true fun relaxing vacation.
For the past three
weeks, the Panda Bear has had a virus infection (cold) with a sore throat. The Panda Bear felt very tired, she took one
"vacation" day off from work to rest. The sore throat lasted
about two weeks. The Panda Bear gets many colds that aren't bad enough (fortunately
for her health) to use company "sick" time but they are not true
vacation days either. The Panda Bear was hoping to be able to take a long
winter vacation. However, the Panda
Bear believes her body is telling her to slow down when she gets colds so she
is taking some Fridays off for the summer. She will be enjoying the
outside fresh air. (The Panda Bear thinks too much time inside
buildings causes viruses to spread).
Therefore, while
the Panda Bear may be doing shorter posts during the summer, you the dear
reader are still foremost in the Panda Bear's heart.
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