Work Culture

I was reading this article in HBR today and found it interesting to learn about a company where employees negotiated with Senior Management, to ensure they didn't have to check and respond to calls or Blackberry messages after work hours.

Unfortunately, respect for an individual's time outside work is something that is yet to gain acceptance in our society. Especially among the IT clan, where onsite-offshore interaction is common, onsite counterparts regularly call folks at offshore outside office hours, which in itself stretches to late evening. Similarly, there is a tendency to stretch our work-day beyond the required hours, just to avoid the bosses glare.

As a fellow colleague mentioned to me, it is time we changed the workplace, to restore some respect to work/life balance.