Comments on: BlackBerry Users Work An Extra 15 Hours Per Week http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-users-work-an-extra-15-hours-per-week The Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nathan Zeldes http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-users-work-an-extra-15-hours-per-week/comment-page-1#comment-124817 Nathan Zeldes Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:22:34 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=6037#comment-124817 Perhaps the issue is not of blackberries but of work/life barriers in general. After all, people who take notebooks home, and have a connection to the work network from there, will put in the extra hours even absent the blackberry. If you're compelled to process work email out of the office, you might as well do it on a blackberry during various free moments, rather than wait to get home and do it on your notebook. But if you can put up a work/life barrier and leave the email for the next morning, then you could use the blackberry for fun and leisure instead... Perhaps the issue is not of blackberries but of work/life barriers in general. After all, people who take notebooks home, and have a connection to the work network from there, will put in the extra hours even absent the blackberry. If you’re compelled to process work email out of the office, you might as well do it on a blackberry during various free moments, rather than wait to get home and do it on your notebook. But if you can put up a work/life barrier and leave the email for the next morning, then you could use the blackberry for fun and leisure instead…

]]> By: n0manarmy http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-users-work-an-extra-15-hours-per-week/comment-page-1#comment-124536 n0manarmy Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:58:32 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=6037#comment-124536 Unfortunately I spend this and more on my blackberry dealing with work. If companies are very email centric like where I work, having the blackberry means I'm constantly tied to how my company interacts. Some companies don't rely heavily on email and use the telephone or a face to face conversation to handle discussions and situations. Since we rely on email for almost all communications, my blackberry is a crucial extension of how I operate. Unfortunately I spend this and more on my blackberry dealing with work. If companies are very email centric like where I work, having the blackberry means I’m constantly tied to how my company interacts. Some companies don’t rely heavily on email and use the telephone or a face to face conversation to handle discussions and situations. Since we rely on email for almost all communications, my blackberry is a crucial extension of how I operate.

]]> By: Eric http://www.rimarkable.com/blackberry-users-work-an-extra-15-hours-per-week/comment-page-1#comment-124515 Eric Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:23:00 +0000 http://www.rimarkable.com/?p=6037#comment-124515 15 hours may be a bit much, but I do look at my Blackberry outside of work and look at work email that I would not normally look at until the following Monday (if it was a weekend) or the next day if I received it at night. Sometimes the email is meaningless, but if it is something that warrants a response then I will respond and work does not pay me for that time (nor do I ask to be compensated). There is no doubt that Blackberry (or other smartphone users) put in more time. Whether it is five hours or 15 hours is up for debate. 15 hours may be a bit much, but I do look at my Blackberry outside of work and look at work email that I would not normally look at until the following Monday (if it was a weekend) or the next day if I received it at night. Sometimes the email is meaningless, but if it is something that warrants a response then I will respond and work does not pay me for that time (nor do I ask to be compensated).

There is no doubt that Blackberry (or other smartphone users) put in more time. Whether it is five hours or 15 hours is up for debate.

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