Exactly. Pay me enough, and treat me well, and I will weave my personal and work life together.
But tell me that when I’m at work, my personal life disappears? That’s a different kind of balance, and that means that when I’m not at work, work disappears. Travel, no. Dinners, no. Special events, no. Conferences, no. Don’t even ask, the answer is no.
But that wouldn’t happen. I’m not working anywhere that doesn’t recognize my basic humanity.
Not only that, but locking down your communication with your family and friends outside the monolithic “workplace.” Screw that!
“I didn’t know my family urgently needed me because my boss took my phone :(”
“11 and counting wounded or dead in workplace violence incident, help was delayed because employees weren’t allowed phones.”
Jobs trying to be your parents, warden, spouse, or god, need to be put in their place. Draw that line hard.
Exactly. Pay me enough, and treat me well, and I will weave my personal and work life together.
But tell me that when I’m at work, my personal life disappears? That’s a different kind of balance, and that means that when I’m not at work, work disappears. Travel, no. Dinners, no. Special events, no. Conferences, no. Don’t even ask, the answer is no.
But that wouldn’t happen. I’m not working anywhere that doesn’t recognize my basic humanity.