Manchester's workforce is suffering from Vacationitis - a condition affecting stressed workers who are not taking enough breaks from work - as workers enjoy just seven out of the average 24 days annual leave a year. 650,000 Manchester workers confess to feeling unproductive at work, despite more than three quarters believing that small breaks from work can help to increase productivity.
A report by Hilton Hotels & Reports, the flagship brand of Hilton Worldwide, titled ‘2013 Hilton UK Vacation Deficit Report' shows that a quarter of workers in Manchester work an average of two extra working days a week, with more than 250,000 cancelling a planned holiday because of work pressures. When on vacation, Mancunians' are unable to switch off from the office as more than 300,000 check work emails, voicemail or call the office at least once a day, as well as 400,000 admitting to checking work emails during social occasions.
The research also shows that workers will spend on average 10 vacation days a year doing ‘domestic admin' such as looking after ill children, home improvements, catching up on cleaning and household chores and attending medical appointments.
To help workers in Manchester fight back against Vacationitis, Hilton Hotels & Resorts is taking its Hilton Urgent Vacation Care Centre, www.vacationcarecentre.hilton.com, on the road with a mobile Vacation Care Unit visiting Spinningfields in Manchester Wednesday 24 April 2013. A Hilton Vacation Care team will be on hand to help stressed out workers test their levels of Vacationitis via an online diagnostic test, receive a free prescription and take advantage of an Advance Purchase* rates, through which travellers can save up to 20 per cent on 2013 breaks at participating Hilton properties worldwide. Key 103 listeners will also be able to enter a competition to win a three-night break to Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona.