Many
employees will find it hard to have a merry Christmas because they will spend
their festive break worrying about work.
Research
by BT Cellnet claims that 80 per of people won’t be able to forget work over
Christmas and a third will take work home over the holiday.
In
the run up to Chrsitmas, four out of five business people will work extra hours
to clear their desks before the holiday period begins.
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The
survey finds that a third of business people will work the equivalent of three
extra days.
People
from Bristol tend to worry the least over Christmas, those from Leeds are most
likely to take work home with them and employees in Cardiff are the biggest
worriers.