I came across an article on Growing Business suggesting that over 500,000 business leaders miss christmas with their families to spend it in the office. We are not talking about essential services (there are no medical staff, police officers or firemen in these figures) but workacholic businesspeople who find themeselves tied to the office desk rather than the christmas dinner table on christmas day.

Surely, there has to be something wrong with their business model here. If there is any time of the year when families should be together then its christmas day. It is common knowledge that us Brits already work longer hours than our European counterparts and I feel there is an attitude among UK managers that it is noble to work weekends and all other hours under the sun. Worse still it is expected of them by their superiors. Missing the christmas turkey may be seen as an act of martydom by some workers and the deed will score them a few promotion points for the year. In my eyes it is a sign of weakness and if working silly hours is the way to succeed at a company then a change of career path is needed.

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