Today’s workforce is struggling to balance 24/7 work demands, with emails and constant communication interrupting time out of the office. Marketing company FullContact is giving their more than 200 employees a financial incentive to power down with $7,500 bonuses for travel, but with one caveat: they can’t look at work emails while on vacation.
American workers left 768 million vacation days unused in 2018, according to a study by the U.S. Travel Association. But even when employees do take their vacation, 44% of them still check their work emails daily. Michelle Warren, senior director of human resources at FullContact, says this practice is causing employee burnout.
