No work-free holidays or homelife? You're not alone

By Paul Majendie

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Financiers across the globe are putting in longer and longer hours in today's turbulent markets -- and going on holiday without a laptop can be agony.

A survey into their high pressure jobs from Tokyo and Hong Kong to London and New York showed what workaholics they can be, unable to relax unless they are in touch with the office.

Luxembourg clocked the longest working week with an average of 47.6 hours, followed by Japan and Ireland.

Switzerland was bottom with just 36.4 hours in the survey by specialist financial recruitment firm Robert Half.

More than half of those surveyed -- 52 percent -- said they had been putting in more time over the last two years.

The two most popular reasons for longer working hours were taking on more responsibility and their company growing.

So what are the chances of getting executives to relax on holiday?

Pretty slim, argues the survey. Clearly they consider themselves indispensable and cannot believe the office could possibly function without them.