This Is The Day We Officially Switch Off For Christmas
Monday 18 December is the day more than half (57%) of employees admit to clocking off from work mentally – meaning productivity across the UK is about to hit the floor.
A survey of more than 2,000 people found, as Christmas creeps ever closer, employees admit to a whole raft of distractions from their everyday work duties, such as…
Two in five (42%) confess to clocking off to Christmas shop online.
Almost one in three (30%) plan their Christmas break.
One in six (16%) will indulge in a festive tipple on the job.
Almost one in five (17%) will leave work earlier than usual.
And a small percentage (4%) confess to calling in sick.
So why are people slacking off? Well, according to the poll from HR analytics company Peakon, one in five (21%) respondents are simply ‘too excited’ to focus.
One third (32%) have too much to plan ahead of Christmas day, 21% admit to feeling ‘burnt-out’ and one fifth (19%) said workplace festivities such as Secret Santa or the office party were to blame.
One in three (32%) agreed it’s simply because business has slowed down and there’s less work to do at this time of year.
Now, where are those cat videos?