Vacation time is just around the corner, but the situation is very different in different parts of the world. This may be useful to know when working abroad. When the manager goes on vacation, he or she takes out an average of 24 days in the Netherlands during the period of 12 months while the Swedish manager takes out 22 days. Managers in Spain are also good where the average is 21 days.
If we evaluate the situation in the so-called emerging economies, the managers work hard. In Hong Kong, the manager only takes out 14 days of vacation. In Singapore and Brazil, the average is 13 days, India 11 days, China 9 days and finally Mexico, Taiwan and Vietnam, which only have seven days of leave per year.
However, a US manager works hard as well. He or she only takes out 12 days as compared to the French manager who takes out 21 days.
The global average is 14 days, while the average for the Nordic countries is 23 days, the EU 20 days, North America 12 days, and the manager in South America and Asia Pacific takes out 11 days.
The audit and consulting firm Grant Thornton has conducted the survey, which covers 7.400 privately-owned companies in 36 countries.
Peter Bodin, CEO at Grant Thornton says:
There is a big difference between holiday habits in different parts of the world and it is not just the managers. In our study, one can see a relationship between perceived stress and holidays. The longer the vacation is, the better you feel.
Cecilia Helland