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Checking Email

On checking my work email this morning, I saw that I had three emails sent by two colleagues over the weekend. One on Saturday and two on Sunday.

The one sent on Saturday was from a colleague who's travelling on business at the moment, so I can understand why he's sending work emails over the weekend. I realise that when travelling on business, the concept of a break over the weekend doesn't quite exist 'cos you're cut off from your routine and weekday nights and weekends are probably the only times you can clear and answer emails.

But the two emails sent on Sunday by a Chinese colleague of mine is just insane. She sent it in the late morning, and I'm thinking "Woman, go get a life!!!"

I don't know what she is doing checking work email over the weekend. She's such a workoholic that I think the concept of work-life balance does not actually exist in her realm.

Personally, I don't check work email over the weekend unless absolutely necessary. That would mean that I would be informed at a certain part of the work week that I will be expecting over the weekend. It's just that I feel it's important AND healthy to give myself a break from work over the weekend. So that means no checking of work email or doing any work. I feel that I return to work as a more efficient worker if I've had a proper break. But this doesn't mean that I have never worked over the weekend. I have done so on many occasions. However, I do it on a need-to basis. Thankfully that hasn't been too often.

But this Chinese colleague of mine is just over the top. Someone needs to tell her to slow down and just smell the roses.

Posted by DSD at July 24, 2006 8:19 AM