Eight tips for getting back to work after vacation

Dusseldorf The beach is gone, the stress is back: work is hard for many employees, especially in the first few days after vacation. Studies show that two-thirds of workers are jetlagged after returning from vacation.

Researchers refer to this as post-holiday syndrome. And that could be more difficult this year than usual, says Leipzig work psychologist Hannes Zacher. Because holidays have often had to be canceled in recent years due to the pandemic, many employees had particularly high expectations of holidays this year. “It could be all the more difficult for them to return to work.”

This is how you can overcome the post-holiday syndrome