Comments on: What’s Your Vacation Policy? http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/ Know More HR. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:05:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: homewood http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-48012 homewood Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:18:08 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-48012 Oh, I'm so sad for you.. Having a vacation means finding the right place to relax and to freshen your mind by having a rest not working.. Oh, I can't enjoy my vacation in that kind of situation. 6 weeks off in the summer with no worries about work sound pretty good that's the real vacation! Oh, I'm so sad for you.. Having a vacation means finding the right place to relax and to freshen your mind by having a rest not working.. Oh, I can't enjoy my vacation in that kind of situation. 6 weeks off in the summer with no worries about work sound pretty good that's the real vacation!

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3688 Frank Roche Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:44:46 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3688 Bill, great line...I hear the music. Peach, that's a great link. So it can work? Even better to hear. Bill, great line…I hear the music.

Peach, that’s a great link. So it can work? Even better to hear.

]]> By: Peach Flambe http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3683 Peach Flambe Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:26:45 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3683 The need to renew is a fundamental part of how humans are designed. At my prior company, we hired The Energy Project (www.theenergyproject.com) to work with the senior HR leadership team on this very concept. It changed lives. You should check it out. The need to renew is a fundamental part of how humans are designed. At my prior company, we hired The Energy Project (www.theenergyproject.com) to work with the senior HR leadership team on this very concept. It changed lives. You should check it out.

]]> By: Bill http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3668 Bill Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:55:58 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3668 You always do what you love. The key is to learn to love what you need. You always do what you love. The key is to learn to love what you need.

]]> By: rick http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3663 rick Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:33:00 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3663 I was just at a client where the CEO bragged that he just celebrated the 5th anniversary of his last vacation. What do you think that company's vacation policy is like? I was just at a client where the CEO bragged that he just celebrated the 5th anniversary of his last vacation. What do you think that company’s vacation policy is like?

]]> By: Frank Roche http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3659 Frank Roche Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:30:13 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3659 Ron and Joe, sounds like we live parallel lives. It's a life we choose and I like it. I like being in the action. And I also believe in what Joe said about being rejuvenated after some time off. It certainly doesn't mean doing nothing for a week...I'm just not a sit around the pool guy either. Maybe this post shouldn't have been so much about vacation time as about time to renew..freshen up...and charge the batteries for another run. BTW: I'm writing this from the sunny deck of our vacation house. It's a gorgeous morning and I can see the sun glinting off the Atlantic Ocean. Not bad. Ron and Joe, sounds like we live parallel lives. It’s a life we choose and I like it. I like being in the action. And I also believe in what Joe said about being rejuvenated after some time off. It certainly doesn’t mean doing nothing for a week…I’m just not a sit around the pool guy either. Maybe this post shouldn’t have been so much about vacation time as about time to renew..freshen up…and charge the batteries for another run.

BTW: I’m writing this from the sunny deck of our vacation house. It’s a gorgeous morning and I can see the sun glinting off the Atlantic Ocean. Not bad.

]]> By: HR World » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: Vacation http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3658 HR World » Blog Archive » Wednesday Links: Vacation Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:17:11 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3658 [...] Vacation is important. Very important. It helps you unwind (I was tempted to say rewind). Frank Roche at KnowHR discusses. [...] [...] Vacation is important. Very important. It helps you unwind (I was tempted to say rewind). Frank Roche at KnowHR discusses. [...]

]]> By: Joe Hungler http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3655 Joe Hungler Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:44:45 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3655 Frank, I work for a non-profit. My vacation time has always been spent like yours as we never have enough people and there is always more needs to address. This has always been my choice, not something my boss suggested. This year I committed to using all my vacation time (23 days) while in the past I have rarely used even 2 weeks. Some I just use for a long weekend here and there, but this May I took my first break from the office of more than a week. It made a big difference in my work when I returned as I was rejuvenated. As a fellow work hobbyist, I do agree with Ron above that long vacations sitting around a pool aren't a reward. I stayed busy on my vacation visiting family, umpiring their little league games and catching up on reading. It was great. And when I returned, not one of our Clubhouses had fallen apart :). Frank,

I work for a non-profit. My vacation time has always been spent like yours as we never have enough people and there is always more needs to address. This has always been my choice, not something my boss suggested. This year I committed to using all my vacation time (23 days) while in the past I have rarely used even 2 weeks. Some I just use for a long weekend here and there, but this May I took my first break from the office of more than a week. It made a big difference in my work when I returned as I was rejuvenated. As a fellow work hobbyist, I do agree with Ron above that long vacations sitting around a pool aren’t a reward. I stayed busy on my vacation visiting family, umpiring their little league games and catching up on reading. It was great. And when I returned, not one of our Clubhouses had fallen apart :) .

]]> By: Ron Ulrici http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/07/30/whats-your-vacation-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 Ron Ulrici Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:05:31 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=877#comment-3654 Frank, I'm glad you are an American entrepreneur. We business people work hard and get rewarded for it. I've been a work-alcholic all my life because my work has been my hobby. For us, long vacations are not a reward. When I was a partner in a real estate company, I must admit that when our employees went on vacation, we survived just fine. Other employees would step up to the plate when their co-workers were out. Frank,
I’m glad you are an American entrepreneur. We business people work hard and get rewarded for it. I’ve been a work-alcholic all my life because my work has been my hobby. For us, long vacations are not a reward.

When I was a partner in a real estate company, I must admit that when our employees went on vacation, we survived just fine. Other employees would step up to the plate when their co-workers were out.

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