{"id":8831,"date":"2016-12-07T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appreciationatwork.com\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2023-06-27T14:44:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T19:44:53","slug":"what-employees-dont-like-about-the-holidays-survey-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appreciationatwork.com\/blog\/what-employees-dont-like-about-the-holidays-survey-results\/","title":{"rendered":"[Survey] What Employees Don’t Like About the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some people love the holiday season, while others really<\/u> don\u2019t. In fact, it seems that a growing number of people make comments like: \u201cI hate the holidays!\u201d (Maybe they are just more vocal about it.)<\/p>\n

To find out more specifics, last year we sent out a survey to find out what<\/u> about the holiday season employees don\u2019t like<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong>partly for our own education, but also to see if there were practical ideas that when implemented could reduce employees\u2019 irritation. And there are.<\/p>\n

Over 1,200<\/strong> of our readers completed our survey (within 24 hours of it being sent out!) On each of the first two questions, they were given a list of 15 items to choose from (the list was generated from focus group interviews), and the respondents could choose more than one item in response to the questions.  Here are the questions and the results:<\/p>\n

Q1. What aspects of the holiday season do you DISLIKE the most?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 51%  Fighting trafffic.<\/li>\n
  2. 39% The extra expense of Christmas.<\/li>\n
  3. 34%  Gaining weight<\/li>\n
  4. 34%  Coming up with gift ideas for others.<\/li>\n
  5. 31%  Expectations to buy others gifts.<\/li>\n
  6. 28%  Coming up with gift ideas for myself.<\/li>\n
  7. 26%  Busyness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Q2. What don’t you like that happens at the workplace during the holidays? <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. 28%  Pressure to get year-end tasks done.<\/li>\n
    2. 23%  “White elephant” gift exchanges.<\/li>\n
    3. 22%  Expected to buy gifts for colleagues or supervisor.<\/li>\n
    4. 21%  Required to participate in “Secret Santa” giving.<\/li>\n
    5. 20%  Having to attend after hours holiday celebration.<\/li>\n
    6. 18%  Having to work on holidays.<\/li>\n
    7. 18%  Being required to bring food for holiday luncheon.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Some practical tips for employers and managers<\/strong> can be gleaned from the results:<\/p>\n