True in many cases, Nathan, but there are also people who can cruise indefinitely while being on call 24/7. I think a lot of it has to do with how much people actually enjoy what they do.
"What about emergency work e mails which require your immediate attention? How do you respond to them?"
I'm fine with an on-call rotation that I am compensated for. Pay me 30% of my hourly rate to carry a page ONE WEEKEND A MONTH, then 100% if I am paged and have to respond ... of course, that's a little old-school. (The millenial readers are asking "what's a pager?" :-) I wonder what the 21st century equivilant of that is?
@kmt586 wrote "I believe it's all about balance. And boundaries. There is a time and a place for everything. And your job doesn't care about you and your personal life. Your job seeks to utilize you to make money. We need to remember that when we decide to put personal things on hold for work."
Fair enough, kmt. And I would argue that it is up to us (the workers) to set the boundaries ... because the cold, hard, faceless shareholder isn't going to do it for us. :-)
@nathanwosnack wrote: "Note; I work 100% remotely so self-discipline on working during specific times and relaxing during specific times is something I'm still learning to master."
My preference is for work that is piece-rate and remote. That way, I get paid to get things done; if i want to hang out on twitter (or facebook), it hurts me, not the business. but I hear what you are saying.
"Tomorrow The challenge is to improve the pace of IT -- without increasing our heart rate, blood pressure, or killing our quality of life."
Windows 8 seems to do that for me. Windows 8 touch screen. the UI, how it magically seems to display data at most comfortable view (zoom).. just a few things Windows 8 is doing for me.
Well for me, I have different work accounts for things like FB. I'm not interested in knowing my employeer or colleagues on that level. I really do think there need to be boundaries. And I enforce them in my life.
@NicoleH, ha ha. Very well put. If I was with a friend or on a date and the person I was with was more interested in their smart phone than me, I'd kindly remind them it was rude. If it continued, I'd leave and find people who wanted to be around me. :D
@KMT568, the UBM ninjas will be on here soon enough to filter it out. This is common every Friday or before a holiday weekend starts. Yes, annoying... but the staff here are quick!
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