12/9/11

Technology Makes the Sick Day Worthless

This is my final edition of my blog for #COM641.

Yesterday, I had to take a sick day because of a fever and blowing my nose every single minute. However, my sick day that I planned to spend on the couch doing nothing, turned into a day of work (just not in my physical office).

With the advancement of technology, work can go anywhere with you.  In some cases its the best thing ever, especially when you just need a day away from the office.  And in the case of yesterday, it was the most ANNOYING thing ever to be in contact.  Some of it I brought on myself by actually coming into work to get stuff to work on at home and answering an e-mail once I was already home, but it was still bothersome.

I guess then it brings me to my next point of whether or not we really feel we can step away from work.  With the constant ability to be connected, have we just found it acceptable that we are always to be around and available?  People expect things from you no matter what, day or night, weekend or workday.   If you don't get something to them, or miss out on it, they could possibly go to the higher-ups and report you.

Either way I think we need to get to the point where we will simply be unavailable.

So tonight I am going home from work and I am turning everything off.  No e-mail alerts, no phone calls, just me, my couch and some television time.

It has been fun blog...and maybe I will continue about grad school next semester, but for now...
GRAD GIRL (One semester Down) OUT

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