He's right you know!
Dr-Jarrod-Haar-Massey-University-Professor-of-Management has come up with a study showing people don't turn off from work during holidays.
He say that causes "burnout".
Let me first acknowledge that Jarrod is probably studying civil servants, teachers and other useless, non-contributing to New Zealand, academic types but a voice from the ex-workforce may help.
I'm willing to bet Jarrod has never suffered work nor management in his life so I'm going to offer my own experience to the fact that he is correct.
Throughout my working life I worked long hours (60+ Hour weeks were common) and took my holidays often in short bursts (2-3 days) when I did take them. Most of the twenty years spent working for the slave-driver (myself) I didn't get a holiday at all.
I suffered burnout.
Of course that "burnout" was when, at 69 years of age, I finally gave in to the viral infection I'd suffered from for the previous five years but I'm sure burnout was a contributing factor.
Jarrod would believe me.
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