Workers/ Employees: India
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Burnout
2019: Indian workers 3rd most prone to burnout
From: October 14, 2020: The Times of India
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Increase in workday span across countries, 2019
Holidays (vacations)
A holiday-deprived work force
The Times of India, Nov 22 2015
Sharon fernandes
India 4th most holiday-starved nation
Fuelled by competitive job environment, Indians addicted to work: Survey
If you feel overworked and under-vacationed, half the country is one over with you on this. In a global study by an online travel agency India is ranked the 4th most vacation-starved country with 65% of those polled complaining of not enough R&R. Only the UAE (76%), Malaysia (73%) and Singapore (71%) have it worse. “The feeling of being deprived of a holiday comes from 68% Indians having to cancel or postpone their vacation due to work commitments,“ says Manmeet Ahluwalia, India marketing head of Expedia, the company that ran the survey . “The interesting fact is that while their bosses are more inclined to let them a holiday (70% up from 64% last year), they take fewer days off than their as signed quota (in both 2015 and 2014, vacation time was an average of 16 days). It turns out Indians are addicted to their work. This could be due to competitive work environment ,“ reasons Ahluwalia.
The survey was conducted among 9,273 employed adults aged 18 years and older in 26 countries across North America, Europe, South America and Asia Pacific. The survey found 11% `strongly agreeing' they couldn't utilise their entire annual holiday quota because they were busy at work.Indians scored the highest on this metric, with 23%.
Guilt associated with shirking work also plays a huge role in Indians taking shorter vacations. “We found 10% Indians saying they feel too guilty to take a vacation, or if they do, it's shorter than their allotted days. Furthermore, at 68% India is 20 points higher than the global average on vacations cancelled or postponed due to work,“ Janet Halliday, senior vice president, Northstar, a global integrated strategic insights consulting firm that conducted the survey says.
Missing out on key work opportunities is another deciding factor. “18% Indians worry important work decisions will be made without them if they vacation. Only 13% of those polled in Malaysia and Brazil and 12% in Hong Kong had such worries,“ says Ahluwalia.
Other factors eating into vacation time is the desire to bankcarry over days to the next year. The Swedes at 41% have the highest tendency to bank their holidays, followed by Indians at 32%. Often leave is utilised in recuperating from illnesses. Instead of a massage bed, 10% Indians admitted to having spent their entire holiday allowance on a sickbed. The lure of a longer vacation however is definitely strong among working Indians, as the survey also found that 54% Indians would still prefer more vacation days over a pay rise, the highest globally.
Productivity
Vis-à-vis other countries
i) Average time to complete a task;
ii) Percentage of tasks finished in a week; and
iii) Percentage of tasks completed
From: May 10, 2018: The Times of India
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The Productivity of workers in India, China and other countries, presumably as in 2018-
i) Average time to complete a task;
ii) Percentage of tasks finished in a week; and
iii) Percentage of tasks completed
