Life Sucks

More and more, as an IT person, I am seeing people set up web versions of their work emails or they buy devices so that they can read their work emails when they are on holiday. WHY?

There have always been people that did this in the past. Director, Chairman, Senior Managers etc and you could argue that on their salary that they should be always contactable. However, this phenomenon is spreading to lower managers and even non management staff. Will your company collapse if you miss an email when you are off for a week? I very much doubt it. All that is achieved is you spoil your holiday, your families holiday, you don’t de-stress and you start work at the same level of stress that you were before you left.

The only advantage gained from this vile practice is that you don’t come back to 2-3 hundred emails. You say to yourself, ‘Great, I can start working right away, without catching up on emails’. That used to be the best thing about coming back, your boss would allow you a day to get back up to speed. You have just shortened your holiday by one day - asshole.

Let me tell you something that may come as a surprise. You aren’t that important. You are only that important in your own mind. In your mind you are Chairman, Chief Exec and Board all rolled into one godlike super hero. In their eyes you’re expendable, even if you are an arse licking email swot. Your kids will hate you when you’re old for spoiling their holidays and you will probably die young from stress.

Trust me your company does not pay you enough for that kind of grief. Replace that blackberry with a fine wine and sit back and smell the roses.