India 2nd most overworked nation: Survey

India has the 2^nd highest overworking people with 42 hours a week on an average. Hong Kong is at no: 1 with people working 44 hours a week, according to a survey by global travel agency Expedia Inc.

The reports also suggested that India is 10^th most vacation-deprived nation, as employees in India do not take much leaves in order to impress their boss.

Expedia, which conducted an online survey between August and September, where 8,535 respondents from 24 countries participated, said around 63% Indian feel that they are vacation-deprived.

“Indians are second, behind Thailand (22%), in not taking leaves to be in boss’s good books, while 18% of Indians don’t use all the leaves because they fear that taking all of the vacation time will be perceived negatively by their employer,” said survey.

Interestingly, reports also adds that Indian also prefer receiving money in exchange for unused holidays followed by Brazil with 30& people preferring money over vacation.

Indians also prefer getting money in exchange for unused holidays, with 37% of the employed adult population, the highest in the world, opting for it. Brazil follows India with 30% of employed people preferring money over holidays.

Reports delineate, “Indians want to feel important. They want to be present in all key decisions of the company, with 25% of employed people cancelling vacation due to this reason.”

“Ninety four percent Indians at least sometimes check work email even on vacation, which is the highest in the world, followed by France (93%), Thailand (92%), Malaysia (91%) and Mexico (91%),” mentions study.

“In India, people still lag behind when it comes to completely letting go during their vacation. Not just this, even during regular days, Indians work for more hours than other countries with 38% people working for 41-50 hours a week. This shows the need for a better work-life balance,” said Vikram Malhi, general manager, South and Southeast Asia, Expedia India.