Prabhjot Naul

QSO 510
Quantitative Analysis
Professor. Granade

Employee Vacation

Date: 01/31/2016

Employee Burnout and Vacation.

According to the scenario, the vice president of the company is currently concerned about the employee
burnout at work. It led him to think about whether the employees are taking the adequate amounts of
vacation time off from work. According to the research, it is noted that if an employee takes less than 1.4
weeks of vacation is more prone to face the burnout.
The scenario provides us with some data, which is as follows:
T = 2.93
P = 0.0084
Now, our primary purpose is to analyze the given data to make certain assumptions relating to the
concern of employee burnout. There are some factors that the vice president should consider in order to
determine the issue of employee burnout. First of all, psychologically a human beings mind tends to get
tensed from being overworked. An employee who has not taken a vacation more than 1.4 weeks, probably
becomes demotivated from the work that he/she has been doing for longer term without taking a break. A
vacation or some time off from work will psychologically refresh a person with positive energy around
them. The vice president must first testify that, the vacation policy of the company provides each
employee with more than 1.4 weeks. If the companys policy does not follow such criteria then, then the
employee might be reluctant to take a vacation. Secondly, bonuses should be promoted to appreciate the
work the employees put towards the projects. Third, there should be an award type of system besides the
bonuses,that will keep the employees motivated throughout the year. For example, someone who receives
more than five smiley stickers will get an award such as gift cards, tickets to some game or tickets for a
movie for the whole family. Fourth, there should be company events, those allow employees to be away
from their work and enjoy some good time with their co-workers and team to build good relationships
throughout the workplace.
It has been noted in the scenario, the vice president is concerned and worried about the issue of
employee burnout. Therefore, it means the employee burnout is occurring and is an escalated issue the

company is facing. So we can come to a claim, the employees are not taking vacations more than 1.4
weeks. We must first consider our p value, which is 0.0084 and compare it to our significance level of
0.05. Our p value is less than the significance level of 0.05, which forces us to reject the null hypotheses.
We can come to a conclusion from this information that, employee burnout is definitely a concern at this
moment.
One of the reasons, the vice president should present to the president is that, although the employees
have been working hard and completing their tasks with all their effort. The company fails to provide
them with any rewards, especially for employees those who go above and beyond their capacity. The lack
of awards will eventually demotivate employees and lead to an employee burnout. Awards, whether be it
in benefits or monetary value, it will create a motivation and eagerness for many employees to gain them.
Motivational techniques will reduce the risks of burnout. Yes, the presence of employee burnout issue will
impact the company negatively. Since according to the research claim from the scenario states that, an
employee taking less than 1.4 weeks annually will more likely to face a burnout. Therefore, the presence
of this issue will impact the company negatively because there will be less production during the burnout
phase.