The statistics show that we’re checking our phones an awful lot: 38% of UK-based adults routinely check their emails after dinner, while 50% of Americans check their email once they’re tucked up in bed. Have we perhaps become too contactable? Is the fact that we’re practically on call 24/7 counter-productive to our productivity levels?
As our ability to stay in touch has shifted, so have expectations – the idea that we must answer our superior’s calls at midnight on a random Monday has snuck up on us, and although it’s no doubt beneficial for our employers, it could be contributing to the rise of work-based burnout. We’re always contactable, whether it’s via calls, emails or mobile chat apps. We might tumble out of bed on a Monday morning, and sleepily pad into the kitchen to pour ourselves a cup of ambition (or maybe just a plain old tea or coffee, your preference!), but are we all still working Nine to Five, like the legendary Dolly Parton sang almost 40 years ago?įiguratively speaking, you can assume a 9-5.00 pm workday is still the norm, but upon further reflection, aren’t most of us now on the job 24 hours a day? Amongst our ever-growing digital landscape, the humble smartphone has got us bringing our work home in our pockets, whether we want to or not.
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