Romanian employees remain connected to their jobs even when they are on vacation, according to a survey by online recruitment platform eJobs.

More than a third of respondents (36%) said that they keep working while on vacation, spending a lot of time doing work-related activities.

Another 37% said they work occasionally during their vacations, only when it’s really necessary, while the rest of 27% manage to not work at all while on holiday. The entrepreneurs are the ones who are usually forced to work while on holiday, with 88% of them devoting time to their businesses during their vacations.

In terms of time, 31% of those who work during their vacations said that they spend more than two hours a day doing job-related activities. The entrepreneurs have the highest share among those who work over two hours a day on vacation, accounting for 26%. Meanwhile, 18% work around one hour a day, and 23% say they resolve their jobs in less than an hour.

The mobile phone is by far the most used device on vacation, being the first option for 68% of those who say they work while on holiday, according to the study. Only 9% use the laptop, and almost a quarter use both devices equally.

Meanwhile, 80% of respondents admitted that they read job-related emails while on vacation, and 66% check their messages at least once a day to stay informed and be able to resume work more easily when returning from holiday.

Almost 45% of respondents said they will take six to ten days of holiday this summer, while a quarter will have vacations of more than ten days. Only 5% don’t plan any vacation this summer.

The eJobs survey was conducted between May 1 and June 6, 2017 on more than 1,400 Romanians active professionally, 34% of them in leadership positions or entrepreneurs. Most of the participants were aged 26 to 45.

Over half of Romanian employees work in the evening, at night or during weekends

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com