Employee work-life balance is inextricably lined to happy and productive business. According to the Work-Life Imbalance study by Workfront, however, technology is causing work to creep into employees’ personal lives- often with costly results. (PRNewsFoto/Workfront)
Workfront officials reported in their survey that two in five employees say that a bad work/life balance ruins the time spent with family and friends. They also found 60 percent of employees believe bad bosses (e.g., demanding, overbearing, mean) can have a negative impact on work/life balance. And more than 50 percent of employees think technology has ruined the modern family dinner because employers/clients demand responses at any hour.
via Is Your Boss or Your Phone Ruining Your Dinner?.
And this statement by Joe Staples, CMO of Workfront, is a good fit to my 13 (not only) email communication rules:
“On the other hand, if they see that emails from the boss stop at 5:30 p.m. sharp, they will also emulate that behavior.”
via Is Your Boss or Your Phone Ruining Your Dinner? – Page 2.
The big challenge: If you are working in an international company in different time zones, the rule isn’t working … Unfortunately. Nevertheless. The rule “Don’t email over the weekend” is worth to consider for every boss (team leader, and employee)!
P.S. To view the full report, visit, http://www.workfront.com/worklife.
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