Employees really deserve paid vacations. They
struggle through stressful jobs most of the year,
and productivity goes down if they don’t get a
pause. From a business perspective, investing in
good vacation schedules reduce work stress
absenteeism, health costs and accidents.
Many employees, however, return from vacation
with the half-joking comment about having to go back
work to rest. Too many people find
vacations as stressful as the jobs they do
every day.
The following are fourteen ways that company managers can
de-stress from vacations, increase productivity, improve
quality, increase profits and make the most of the
corporate investment.
1. Develop vacation savings plans so employees
you will be financially prepared for this big expense
2. Provide ongoing advice for staff
Finances, budgets and credit issues.
3. Double check the payroll for errors to make sure
employees are not affected by discrepancies while
They are on holiday
4. Distribute work responsibilities to prevent
the return of employees to overflowing inboxes
5. Announce job changes after the holidays, not
prior to
6. Provide internal workshops during vacations.
planning
7. Negotiate corporate discounts with travel
agencies
8. Show employees how to research travel plans
In Internet
9. On the last day before the vacation, give
employees an additional half day off for the last minute
preparations. This strategy adds value to the
company through motivation, spirit and quality
check.
10. Empower employees to pull big projects off
the way two weeks before the holidays to prevent
stressful, sometimes inappropriate, last minute
efforts
12. Request destination contact information for
emergency notification purpose and then use the
info to send a special note or a small gift that
will be waiting for you upon arrival.
11. Show your interest by scheduling time
to visit employees about their great
adventure – before and after vacation
13. Obtain information from employees about vacation schedules to
make sure the dates coincide with the spouse’s schedule
14. Encourage a quieter week-long vacation
instead of a less rewarding absence of one or two days
There you have it: fourteen ways to de-stress
holidays. Your company gets its money’s worth
of these holidays when the employees are rested
and ready to go back to work.
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