And I would advise not to stick it just to one mega break. Take your time off regularly with prolonged weekends during the year. Even small bits can make a great difference!
In Italy we are used to take 2-3 weeks vacation in August, so everyone is desperately waiting to go on vacation during these 20+ days, but really everyone is on vacation during these days.
So if you’re working (to guarantee business continuity), nothing big can be move forward, and if you’re on vacation, everyone else is on vacation at the same time, so no place is actually relaxing, but just full of people trying to relax.
And if you take 1-2 weeks vacation in a different time you’ll feel somehow guilty.
Yes agreed it’s hard to relax when everyone else is also packing into small vacation spots.
Sometimes it helps to establish a vacation rotation for your team. This can help with the guilt. If the expectation from leaders is to work out a schedule that ensures business continuity and works around key dates, then it can feel less stressful
And I would advise not to stick it just to one mega break. Take your time off regularly with prolonged weekends during the year. Even small bits can make a great difference!
Agree 100%.
In Italy we are used to take 2-3 weeks vacation in August, so everyone is desperately waiting to go on vacation during these 20+ days, but really everyone is on vacation during these days.
So if you’re working (to guarantee business continuity), nothing big can be move forward, and if you’re on vacation, everyone else is on vacation at the same time, so no place is actually relaxing, but just full of people trying to relax.
And if you take 1-2 weeks vacation in a different time you’ll feel somehow guilty.
Yes agreed it’s hard to relax when everyone else is also packing into small vacation spots.
Sometimes it helps to establish a vacation rotation for your team. This can help with the guilt. If the expectation from leaders is to work out a schedule that ensures business continuity and works around key dates, then it can feel less stressful