many colleges and universities announced that they will not adjust holidays: let the holidays return to real rest
2024-09-30
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□li siyu (xijing college)
as the national day holiday approaches, many universities such as china university of petroleum and huazhong agricultural university have announced that they will no longer have holidays during the national day holiday this year and will have nine consecutive days off. this move attracted widespread attention. the school’s official weibo stated that this move is to ensure normal weekend vacations throughout the year without making any class adjustments, in order to provide teachers and students with more vacation and weekend rest time while ensuring teaching and scientific research work. as soon as the news came out, many netizens sighed: "i can only envy you."
the original intention of the compensated leave system was to allow students and workers to enjoy more consecutive holidays to promote rest, relaxation and consumption. however, from a practical point of view, making up for time after vacation often brings greater pressure to people, causing the intensity of work and study before and after holidays to increase sharply, greatly reducing the effect of vacation rest, and even aggravating work and study fatigue. feel.
not only students, but office workers are also troubled by the paid leave system. consecutive working days after taking time off have made many employees feel more stressed, and the original pleasure of enjoying the vacation has been diluted by the subsequent heavy workload. especially after holidays, when faced with the "compensation" of long hours of continuous work, people often feel that the relaxing effect brought by the holidays is completely gone, and instead they become even more exhausted. the vacation holiday system nominally extends the vacation, but in fact, the vacation is not effectively rested, but the "existence of the vacation in name only" exacerbates people's fatigue.
on the surface, the disadvantages of the compensated time off system are mainly reflected in the reallocation of work and rest time, but in fact, the deeper problem is the imbalance between work and life in modern society. as work pressure increases, workers' expectations for vacations are not just the number of vacation days stipulated by law, but also the hope of truly relaxing physically and mentally and reuniting with their families. however, the current paid-off system has disrupted people's life rhythms, often causing people to "tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall" before and after the holidays. instead, it has brought about the embarrassing situation of "heartbreaking before and after the holidays".
in addition, the experience of traveling during the national day holiday is also prohibitive. although the long holidays provide a time window for travel, the congestion and high costs in scenic spots often make people feel that they "spend money and suffer". popular scenic spots are overcrowded, tourists are crowded together, accommodation and ticket prices are soaring, and the travel experience is greatly reduced. what was supposed to be a relaxing vacation has instead become a burden of "paying attention to one's income" and "wasting money."
economist ma guangyuan pointed out that this year's holiday adjustments are particularly complicated. the superposition of the mid-autumn festival and national day requires five holiday adjustments within a month. such frequent vacation arrangements not only increase people's confusion about time arrangements, but also require a lot of energy to plan work and study schedules.
in the face of growing public criticism, the compensation leave system is in urgent need of reform. people’s vacation needs are not only about time relaxation, but also about the quality of rest. although the current vacation model extends the vacation time, it sacrifices the effect and significance of the vacation. in the long run, this formal rest arrangement is not only detrimental to the physical and mental health of workers, but may also have a negative impact on long-term social and economic development.
a more reasonable and humane holiday system is a win-win measure for social health and economic development. relevant departments should listen extensively to social opinions and adjust holiday arrangements in a timely manner so that holidays can truly become a time to rest, rejuvenate and promote family life, rather than a mechanical arrangement of exchanging working days and rest days in order to extend the holiday.
in-depth discussion and practice are key to finding solutions. only through extensive social dialogue and scientific policy formulation can we ensure that the restorative leave system not only meets the needs of the country's economic development, but also takes into account the legitimate rights and interests of the majority of workers.
