Vacation is the oasis in the midst of your occupational desert, if you will. It’s the respite from the daily grind that we look forward to all year, whether it comes during the summer or the winter holidays or a random long weekend. After all, even if you like your job, doesn’t everybody deserve a few days to themselves?

Apparently not.

Twenty-five percent of workers said they planned to stay in contact with work during their vacations, CareerBuilder.com’s annual survey found. Nine percent said their bosses expect them to work or check their voicemail and e-mail when vacationing.

Fifty percent of sales workers planned to check in with work on vacation, while IT workers and financial services workers followed behind with 37 percent of each doing the same. Read the rest of this entry »

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