Writer's Block: Cold turkey tremors

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

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Twice I've gone for about 7 days offline, while on a cruise. I had so much fun on the cruise that I didn't feel withdrawal at all; in fact, I liked it.

What I have really been feeling overwhelmed by are work emails. I get so many emails as part of my job. I was once in a class at work where they asked if there is anything we spend as much time on as emails for work. Unless I am on a long vacation like on a cruise, I'm always having to check it. Even now, being on a business trip, it still seems like there's an expectation that we get on email frequently. I feel seriously depressed at the thought of my next 24 years or so chained to this.

Comments

[mcookies.livejournal.com]

7 days is great! I went out of town the other weekend and did not even take my laptop. I did no work, although I did check my e-mail because my students had an exam coming up the next week, and it was wonderful!

That sucks that your company expects you to check e-mail a lot on business trips. I mean, isn't the idea that you are still only beholden to the company for regular office hours or organized meeting activities and that your evenings are technically your own? I love my computer and all that but some days I just want to leave it behind.

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Kudos to you for not bringing your laptop.

. I mean, isn't the idea that you are still only beholden to the company for regular office hours or organized meeting activities and that your evenings are technically your own?

Unfortunately my company (and many other corporations) seem to believe that once you get to a certain level, they pretty much own you. I'm not super high up, but I am at the level that we call a Manager, and we do expect a lot from our Supervisors, Managers, Directors, and Officers.