Near Tet, how to solve the phenomenon of 'Holiday click-off'?

'Holiday click-off' is the phenomenon of excitement and restlessness before every holiday. The closer the holiday, the more anxious the state and the lower the work efficiency.

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"I heard this year's Tet bonus is higher than last year. Let's go shopping this afternoon!"

Such introductory and inviting sentences are mixed with the clattering of computers and the rustling of documents during the days before Tet at work.

"Holiday click-off", the appointment is here again

An English teacher friend of mine said that this phenomenon is not only in Vietnam but also common in many countries.

The excitement of the holidays is real. As the days get closer, the hangover gets worse and work performance drops.

According to his observation, these days in Vietnam, Tet is everywhere, even in the minds of many people.

For Vietnamese people, Tet can also be considered to begin with the worship of Ong Cong Ong Tao.

From the last days of December, people start preparing for Tet, cleaning up shops and houses, visiting relatives and friends...

In modern society, the phenomenon of "Holiday click-off" is causing headaches for many leaders and managers when many employees have the least productive working days of the year under the influence of a series of anxious thoughts about the holidays and Tet.

On this occasion, people will ask each other about what day they will return to their hometown, what to buy, where to go on the first day of the month, what the salary and bonus are...

The most basic is coming late and leaving early. Many people arrive later than their colleagues every day and try to leave early before the end of the day. Countless reasons are given: cleaning the house, shopping to prepare for Tet...

These days, the concept of office hours seems to be "different" from usual.

Another manifestation is doing personal work during working hours.

It is not uncommon to take advantage of social media and chatting while working. Sometimes, this takes up more time than actually doing the work.

Nowadays, most agencies have Internet connection, WiFi and just need a smartphone to be able to surf Facebook, Zalo and chat about all kinds of things in the world.

If we are not busy with social networks, we gather together to talk about all kinds of topics, of course the main topic is Tet!

Work handling skills are also a matter of concern.

Many things are within one's authority to solve, if one really wants to solve them in five or three minutes, but one makes an appointment to research and then decide, or in other words, lacks the scientific approach to solving the work effectively.

How to solve this phenomenon?

Talking to some friends who are working for foreign companies, they said the phenomenon of "Holliday click-off" is not strange, because this is a common human psychology.

In multinational companies, it's the same on Christmas or New Year's Day.

However, managers have a very good way of behaving and solving problems, which is to calculate the salary based on work productivity, not on working time.

To achieve effective work productivity, they design their own company work schedule according to the characteristics and without affecting the speed of work completion.

In recent years, working remotely with management programs and applications on the Internet has been applied effectively and saves time.

With a networked computer, it is not necessary to go to the office, employees can work anywhere.

It is important for managers and leaders to orient ideas and implement them scientifically for the staff: assign work to each group, divide shifts, assign specific tasks, and arrange scientifically so that everyone has more time off but still ensures progress in completing assigned work.

Of course, when assigning work, there must be supervision and inspection. There are strict sanctions for those who are late and do not perform well the assigned work.

In addition, individuals who perform well at work must be rewarded to encourage working spirit and create positive effects in changing working mindset.

In the series of tasks that must be solved in the days before Tet, if you calculate scientifically and know which tasks to solve first and which tasks to solve later, it will not take much time, but still ensure labor productivity, then you will not have to worry about the "Holiday click-off" phenomenon!

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/gan-tet-lam-sao-giai-quyet-hien-tuong-holiday-click-off-20250110074432413.htm