Professionals operate as usual on vacation

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The results show that half (51%) of professional men in South Africa will operate almost as usual on vacation, compared to 49% of professional women. This means that rather than slapping on the sun lotion and sipping cocktails, the majority will attend to calls, emails, and significant pieces of work throughout their time off.

Men work more

Hard-working South African men will also put in more hours than their female counterparts, with 55% saying that they plan to work one to three hours a day, compared to 43% of women. Roughly the same percentage of both genders said they will work more than three hours a day - 20% of men, versus 19% of women. Overall, 50% of South African professionals say that they will take a slightly reduced business as usual approach to their holiday, with 51% spending one to three hours a day on the job, and a further 20% spending more than three hours a day on their work.

In fact, the South Africans are so hard working that they beat the global average. Worldwide, only 39% of business professionals take a slightly reduced business as usual approach to their holiday, while just 17% plan to work more than three hours a day and 41% say they dedicate one to three hours a day to work. Gender-wise, South African professionals are also ahead of the curve - only 42% of professional men globally, and 34% of professional women, say they will take a slightly reduced business as usual approach while on vacation.