tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960171349528555371.post7264251440499474785..comments2008-07-26T13:09:38.063-07:00Nancy Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320285188939864787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960171349528555371.post-37551980938174855552008-07-26T13:09:00.000-07:002008-07-26T13:09:00.000-07:00I'm sorry to say that I think the growing trend of lack of differentiation between home and work time will continue. In other words, people will check their Facebook accounts during work and IM their friends, but check emails and answer calls over the weekends about work.<BR/><BR/>And honestly, maybe it's just me, but unless you work in retail or something concepts like being paid for overtime don't really mean jack, no matter what the true legal situation is. Especially about something that may seem like an intrusion to you but takes very little actual time.<BR/><BR/>I also highly doubt anyone has both a work and personal cell phone at this point. Who would want to carry both around?<BR/><BR/>I think everyone with an even medium high-level job will be expected to be contactable all the time, with the exception of when you're likely to be asleep. However, I think this trend will peak in about 15 years when people who have grown up with all this technology are thoroughly sick of being on call all the time, studies confirm that this constant access is leading to burnout, and these former young upstarts have kids to take care of and no longer have work as their highest priority. Then the next half generation (Z?) will rebel and start growing their own gardens and valuing their personal time and turn to less intrusive forms of technology.Nancy Matsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320285188939864787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960171349528555371.post-86552900312724574692008-07-26T11:00:00.000-07:002008-07-26T11:00:00.000-07:00About technology--what's your prediction for how the growing tensions about expectations of checking email and voicemail off-hours will shake out? If I'm hourly paid and expected to check email at night, shouldn't that be overtime? What about answering the phone? What if the company bought me the cellphone? What if I didn't have a choice about getting the cellphone? Will workers have any hope of putting the breaks on these intrusions at home? Is there a flexibility trade-off that makes them worth it?Moira O'Keeffehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04384981110735519793noreply@blogger.com