Americans are working more and more hours thanks to a proliferation of mobile devices.
A recent study by mobile security software firm Good Technology shows
U.S. workers are more likely to put in a month-and-a-half’s unpaid
overtime due to the mobility of tablets and Smartphones.
It is not much different in other parts of the world. Continually
checking work e-mails and taking calls meant British workers put in more
than three weeks’ unpaid overtime.
In Australia, 88 percent of workers continue to use their mobile
devices for work outside of office hours. One-third of those surveyed
said it was a necessity to keep up with their workload.
Both British and American workers also claim their mobile overtime is
essential to keep up — 60 percent and 50 percent respectively.
U.S. workers said mobile devices offer them the freedom to work when and how they want.
Working from bed is not unusual either, the study found. Fifty
percent of Americans, 37 percent of British and 35 percent of
Australians confessed to regularly sending work e-mail in bed.
Sixty-five percent of U.K. workers acknowledged they could not go to
sleep without checking their e-mail one last time.
Working in the bedroom was causing issues only intermittently with
their partner, according to one-quarter of U.S. and Australian
respondents. Just 1.4 percent of Australians admitted to breaking up
with someone because of these work habits, suggesting such work habits
are simply seen as routine.
Working on the weekend? You bet, said 33 percent of U.K. workers who
routinely check their work e-mails. Fifty-seven percent of Americans and
20 percent of Australians confessed to checking their e-mails while on
family outings.
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