Comments on: Should you be paid to check your Blackberry after business hours? http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/ Everything to do with thickening your wallet by entrepreneur turned President of an Investment Company Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Riscario Insider http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-13125 Riscario Insider Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:38:39 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/#comment-13125 What are business hours nowadays? If your company gave you a BB, you're probably paid for your results rather than your time. I don't check messages after hours except in the morning before heading to work. I've been forgetting my BB in my car or at home about 25% of the time. My subconscious must not like them any more than my conscious self. I no longer get peeved when people react to their BB or phone without reason in company. I think of Pavlov conditioning dogs by ringing a bell and smile inwardly at the parallel. What are business hours nowadays? If your company gave you a BB, you’re probably paid for your results rather than your time. I don’t check messages after hours except in the morning before heading to work.

I’ve been forgetting my BB in my car or at home about 25% of the time. My subconscious must not like them any more than my conscious self.

I no longer get peeved when people react to their BB or phone without reason in company. I think of Pavlov conditioning dogs by ringing a bell and smile inwardly at the parallel.

]]> By: DAvid http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12950 DAvid Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:29:30 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/#comment-12950 In answer to your question, employees should be paid if they are expected to check their email after work. This is what being on-call is about. We have held this discussion in our organization, and management decided it was wiser to have a very few senior managers accept emergency after-hours calls, rather than pay a greater number of staff to be on call. As such, my employer paid phone is turned off at 4:30! (I'm not high enough on the food chain to deserve a crackberry) A large portion of my work day is in the field, so even during the work day, very few calls are sufficiently urgent that they can't wait until my return at the day's end or next morning when I have the resources to address the inquiry. Thus only true emergencies are transferred from reception to my cellphone. DAvid In answer to your question, employees should be paid if they are expected to check their email after work. This is what being on-call is about. We have held this discussion in our organization, and management decided it was wiser to have a very few senior managers accept emergency after-hours calls, rather than pay a greater number of staff to be on call. As such, my employer paid phone is turned off at 4:30! (I’m not high enough on the food chain to deserve a crackberry)

A large portion of my work day is in the field, so even during the work day, very few calls are sufficiently urgent that they can’t wait until my return at the day’s end or next morning when I have the resources to address the inquiry. Thus only true emergencies are transferred from reception to my cellphone.

DAvid

]]> By: The Financial Blogger | Financial Rambling http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12928 The Financial Blogger | Financial Rambling Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:08:01 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/#comment-12928 [...] My Wallet point out the fact that several people are dependent from a Blackberry and ask if those people should be paid to look over their emails after work hours? I think it is up [...] [...] My Wallet point out the fact that several people are dependent from a Blackberry and ask if those people should be paid to look over their emails after work hours? I think it is up [...]

]]> By: Nicolas http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12263 Nicolas Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:40:18 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/#comment-12263 People who check there emails at night should be asking themselves why they are doing so and if the answer is because your boss expects it, then file a grievance. I promise you you'll have a good chance at winning that one. People who check there emails at night should be asking themselves why they are doing so and if the answer is because your boss expects it, then file a grievance. I promise you you’ll have a good chance at winning that one.

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12255 Ken Houghton Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30:58 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/#comment-12255 If you're answer to the question is "yes," then why are you carrying it with you after hours? (If it's really a work implement, it should be left at work.) If you’re answer to the question is “yes,” then why are you carrying it with you after hours? (If it’s really a work implement, it should be left at work.)

]]> By: admin http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12246 admin Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:42:39 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/#comment-12246 Blackberrys are the business cards of this decade; everyone sees which model you have and its a big contest to see who has the newest, lightest most expensive one (if you have ever read the book American Psycho you know this analogy well). Blackberrys are the business cards of this decade; everyone sees which model you have and its a big contest to see who has the newest, lightest most expensive one (if you have ever read the book American Psycho you know this analogy well).

]]> By: Paolo http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/comment-page-1/#comment-12233 Paolo Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:13:40 +0000 http://www.thickenmywallet.com/blog/wp/2008/06/27/should-you-be-paid-to-check-your-blackberry-after-business-hours/#comment-12233 I refused a blackberry for just such a reason. People seem to use them as a status symbol, pulling them out all the time to check their emails like their so important. I totally agree, if it is that urgent, call me. Otherwise, it can wait. This also transcends to younger kids with cell phones and text messaging. Ever watch a bunch of kids hanging out together? They are all on their cell phones communicating to other people. They don't know how to interact with each other without electronics. I refused a blackberry for just such a reason. People seem to use them as a status symbol, pulling them out all the time to check their emails like their so important. I totally agree, if it is that urgent, call me. Otherwise, it can wait.

This also transcends to younger kids with cell phones and text messaging. Ever watch a bunch of kids hanging out together? They are all on their cell phones communicating to other people. They don’t know how to interact with each other without electronics.

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