Things to know when working on national holidays: Avoid these 5 common mistakes to improve work efficiency

When going to work on national holidays, many employees and companies hope to maintain good efficiency, but in the real workplace, wrong practices and mindsets often lead to half the result with twice the effort. According to professional surveys and senior workplace observations,Avoiding these five common mistakes is key to improving your holiday performance. This report combines expert opinions, workplace examples and practical checklists to help readers fully understand the rules for working efficiently on national holidays.

Avoid these 5 common mistakes when working on national holidays

1. Ignoring short-term goals and to-do lists

Error Description: When working on holidays, many people tend to fall into a hectic, unfocused work rhythm, resulting in decreased efficiency and even filling time without realizing it.

Recommended Practices: Spend ten minutes before going to work to plan a list of tasks for the day, and sort them into levels according to "must be completed" and "can be handled flexibly".

Example of a work list plan	illustrate
Handling urgent customer complaints (09:00-09:30)	Must be completed today
Daily report writing (10:00-11:00)	Must be completed today
Organize emails (11:00-11:30)	Can be processed tomorrow
Update project progress (14:00-15:00)	Flexible handling

Key Tips:Make a list and allocate time wisely, which can avoid waste and allow people to produce results effectively even when working on national holidays.

Avoid these 5 common mistakes when working on national holidays

2. Want to “punch in symbolically” and ignore communication and collaboration

Error Description: Members on duty during holidays are accustomed to "keeping a low profile and not taking the initiative to contact", which causes information interruption for the entire team and affects the continuous progress of the project.

Recommended Practices: Even if you are working on a holiday, you should take the initiative to update your work progress, keep in touch with colleagues, and leave messages using instant messaging or cloud collaboration tools when necessary.

Communication and collaboration considerations	Commentary
Daily Good Morning Message Group	Let supervisors and colleagues know the dynamics of personal attendance
Mission completed is rewarded	Avoid duplication of work and omissions in assignments
Instant emergency contact	Use company communication software or emergency reporting channels

Key Tips:Effective synchronous communication, so that the team can be connected and the project progress will not be interrupted due to holidays.

Avoid these 5 common mistakes when working on national holidays

3. Ignoring work rights and statutory compensatory leave and overtime pay regulations

Error Description：Some companies (especially non-large companies) often fail to proactively inform employees of their rights to compensatory leave or overtime pay for working on national holidays due to rushing to meet deadlines or management negligence, resulting in damage to employees' rights.

Recommended Practices: Take the initiative to understand Labor Standards Law Standardize and ask HR about the compensation mechanism for attendance on national holidays, and require that records be kept in black and white. On the corporate side, employees should be informed of all relevant rights and interests in advance to increase employee recognition and reduce the risk of disputes.

Compensation for working on national holidays	Policy Basis and Suggestions
You must choose between compensatory time off or overtime pay	The Labor Standards Act clearly stipulates that companies must comply with the law
No difficulties in applying for make-up leave	Employees' compensatory leave should be respected, and shift arrangements should be flexible and coordinated
Salary settlement should be timely and correct	The payment cannot be reduced or delayed. Violations will be punished.

Key Tips:Never give up your own rights, fight for your rights according to the law, and make your work efforts rewarded.

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Avoid these 5 common mistakes when working on national holidays

4. Neglecting rest and self-adjustment, leading to physical and mental fatigue

Error Description: It is easy to neglect rest periods when working on national holidays. Many people work hard in one go in order to complete the task early, but the result is a decline in quality and an increase in errors due to fatigue.

Recommended Practices: According to medical research, proper rest can effectively improve concentration and efficiency. It is recommended to adopt time management methods such as the "Pomodoro Timer", taking a 10-minute break every 50 minutes of work, and standing up and stretching the body appropriately.

Work period planning Recommended method Rest reminder

50 minutes of focused work Followed by a 10-minute short break Helps maintain efficiency throughout the day

Take a rest after meals 15-20 minutes Helps with recovery and avoids post-meal drowsiness

Afternoon work starts Do simple stretching Soothe afternoon fatigue and adjust your state

Key Tips:Incorporate rest into your schedule. Combining work and rest can ensure stability and efficiency, and avoid turning working on national holidays into "delayed debt"..

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Avoid these 5 common mistakes when working on national holidays

5. Lack of self-reflection and workflow optimization

Error Description: Working overtime on holidays often reflects that the daily work is not well planned or that some processes still have bottlenecks. If you are not good at reviewing and introspecting, you are likely to repeat the same mistakes year after year.

Recommended Practices: Whenever I finish work on a national holiday, I take time to review the day’s processes, examining which steps are the most time-consuming and which processes can be completed in advance. Encourage teams to combine lean management with Automation Tools Introduce it into daily operations and gradually improve overall efficiency.

Process Optimization Checklist Contents

Which steps are repetitive or redundant? Strengthen standard operating procedures and cut inefficient procedures

Is it necessary to switch to automation software/collaboration tools? Make good use of new tools such as cloud documents, team communication, and scheduling management

Is task delegation fair and effective? Re-examine resource allocation to avoid repeated overtime and uneven division of labor

Key Tips:Only through continuous optimization can we reduce the amount of overtime work and make working on future national holidays truly easy and efficient.

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Positive attitude and efficiency tools are the key

Working on national holidays, adjust your mindset and gain a sense of control

Experts point out that a positive attitude greatly affects satisfaction and productivity when working on national holidays. Instead of complaining about the system, it is better to actively seek self-motivation and external support, such as setting small rewards for completing tasks and establishing a comradeship atmosphere with colleagues. Corporate managers can motivate team morale and create a good image of positive holiday shifts through praise and substantial compensation.

Make good use of collaboration tools to improve holiday efficiency

Making good use of tools such as calendar scheduling, team collaboration instant messaging, and task list apps can help you keep track of your progress. For example:

Tool Type Representative tools (examples) Suitable for use

Task List Todoist, Notion Set daily goals and track your progress

Collaborative communication Slack, Microsoft Teams Long holidays/holiday classes need to be synchronized immediately

File Collaboration Google Workspace Report/project cloud sharing and editing

Conclusion

Working on national holidays is challenging, but it also provides opportunities to improve efficiency and teamwork.. JustAvoid five mistakes, master rights and planning correctly, and combine modern collaboration tools and rest strategies, both employees and businesses can turn these flexible working hours into opportunities for innovation and growth. Next time you work on a national holiday, you might as well put the above suggestions into practice to make the holiday workplace atmosphere more professional, humane and productive.

Work period planning	Recommended method	Rest reminder
50 minutes of focused work	Followed by a 10-minute short break	Helps maintain efficiency throughout the day
Take a rest after meals	15-20 minutes	Helps with recovery and avoids post-meal drowsiness
Afternoon work starts	Do simple stretching	Soothe afternoon fatigue and adjust your state

Process Optimization Checklist	Contents
Which steps are repetitive or redundant?	Strengthen standard operating procedures and cut inefficient procedures
Is it necessary to switch to automation software/collaboration tools?	Make good use of new tools such as cloud documents, team communication, and scheduling management
Is task delegation fair and effective?	Re-examine resource allocation to avoid repeated overtime and uneven division of labor

Tool Type	Representative tools (examples)	Suitable for use
Task List	Todoist, Notion	Set daily goals and track your progress
Collaborative communication	Slack, Microsoft Teams	Long holidays/holiday classes need to be synchronized immediately
File Collaboration	Google Workspace	Report/project cloud sharing and editing

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