Our iPhones and iPads allow us the freedom to work anywhere, including wherever we’re on vacation. A new study shows that more than half of us work on our vacations. Read how our devices encourage us to be “always on.”
The study, commissioned by enterprise remote access vendor TeamViewer, shows that just over half (52%) of professionals expect to work while on vacation in one capacity or another.
The study follows a similar study from last week. That study showed that always-connected devices like the iPhone and iPad lead most of us to work outside of normal business hours. The study showed that many of us will work an average of seven extra hours outside of the office and normal business hours.
The TeamViewer report profiled 2,200 Americans across various professions. While half said that they expect to work while on vacation, the type of work varied.
30 percent said that they expect to be reading and responding to work-related emails. 23 percent said they expect to be fielding work-related phone calls. In addition to interruptions like those, 13 percent of workers said that they expected to need access to work-related documents, files, or other resources because they anticipated being asked by a supervisor, coworker, or client to do work-related tasks while on vacation
Men were more likely to work from an iPhone, iPad, or notebook while on vacation than women. Single people were more likely to work than married couples.
