Leisure guilt¹ is the guilt that comes with taking a vacation or a day off from work. You're so anxiety-ridden about the work you're leaving behind (or will be returning to) that it's less painful not to take time off.

 

Leisure guilt指休假或请假期间伴有的一种愧疚心理，你对留在办公室的（或者休完假即将面对的）工作很担忧，以至于你认为不休假反而会轻松一些，我们称为“休假愧疚心理”。

 

We often have a strong tendency to check in with the office, to see how things are going while we are on vacation. Workers justify² this as being conscientious³, but in fact, it may be the result of fear and anxiety about job security. Those concerns may be fueled by worries about an aspiring⁴, overly- competitive co-worker, a subordinate that is coveting⁵ one’s job, or a critical boss.

 

我们在休假期间还会时常跟办公室的同事保持联络，持续跟进办公室的各类动态。员工们都认为这是对工作认真负责的表现，但事实上，这些可能是对工作安全感担忧的表现。这些担忧可能来源于某位积极上进、颇有竞争力的同事，觊觎你职位的下属，或者某位挑剔的上司。

 

Others who are without work-related fear or anxiety may avoid or, at the very least, intensely dislike vacations because taking the time off makes them feel bad or worthless.

 

另外还有些人不喜欢休假不是出于工作安全感方面的担忧，而是因为他们觉得休假让他们自我感觉不好，觉得自己失去了价值。

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