2013 Work/Life Balance of Americans

2013 WORK/LIFE BALANCEINDEX TEAMVIEWER'S ANNUAL SURVEY SHOWS THAT MOST AMERICANS WILL BE WORKING DURING VACATION THIS YEAR EMPLOYED VACATIONERS THAT WERE/ARE WILLING TO WORK DURING VACATION: 51% 61% 2012 2013 AMERICANS EXPECT TO PERFORM WORK-RELATED READING WORK-RELATED EMAILS TASKS DURING VACATION SUCH AS: RECEIVING WORK-RELATED CALLS RECEIVING WORK-RELATED TEXT MESSAGES WANTING WORK-RELATED ACCESS TO A DOCUMENT BEING ASKED TO DO WORK BY A BOSS, CLIENT OR COLLEAGUE 24% 30% 32% WHEN ON VACATION: 61% OF AMERICANS PLAN 69% OF AMERICANS SAY TO BRING UP TO THREE WORK-CAPABLE DEVICES THEY WILL BRING A WORK-CAPABLE DEVICE 61% 69% THE MOST POPULAR DEVICES WHEN WORKING DURING VACATION: 40% SMART PHONE 39% LAPTOP 24% DESKTOP 18% TABLET AMERICANS REACT IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS WHEN ASKED TO WORK DURING VACATION: 34% DO THE WORK, BUT NOT HAPPILY 29% FEEL THAT MY BOSS DOESN'T RESPECT MY TIME 24% WORRY ABOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF MY PERSONAL LIFE 22% I WOULD SAY NO 14% BE HAPPY TO DO THE WORK 13% I WOULD TURN OFF MY DEVICES AND IGNORE IT ALTOGETHER 6% I WOULD PRETEND I DIDN'T SEE THE INCOMING MESSAGE, TEXT, ETC. 4% UPDATE RESUME 2% OQUIT JOB THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED ONLINE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES BY HARRIS INTERACTIVE ON BEHALF OF TEAMVIEWER FROM JUNE 25-27, 2013 AMONG 1,160 ADULTS AGES 18 AND OLDER. A TeamViewer 38% %07