I came across an interesting discussion about checking emails. As much as being interrupted has become the norm in the business world, change will not come as long as people don’t recognize this as a problem; conversations like this are a step in the right direction though.
» How to Check E-mail Twice a Day… or Once Every 10 Days
I have found that people will generally expect you to respond as quickly as technology allows you to receive their e-mail, hence the permanent ADD of most Blackberry owners.
I have one friend, a uber-successful mechanical engineer, who received a Blackberry e-mail from his boss just as he my friend got on the NYC subway with me at 9pm on a Friday. There was no reception, so he responded as soon as we got off 4 minutes later. His boss had already left him a voicemail indicating that they would need to “have a serious talk†the following Monday about his lack of response, and that the head boss was livid and threatening to fire him.
It’s a sad state of affairs and an all too common problem. This culture of immediacy needs a severe backlash.
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