[lbaskin]

Exactly. But it was only when I entered the workforce full-time that I truly appreciated Shabbat. Especially in a world when I am expected to be on-call 24 hours a day, I honestly cannot understand how people do without a real break once a week. On a personal level, it can't be healthy to constantly be on, 24/7, practically 365 days/year - and translated to a musing of more general applicability, that might lead to better / more productive business. Perhaps a worthy subject for experimentation by businesses (more than what some banks have done recently for summer interns and junior analysts).

[beagle3]

> On a personal level, it can't be healthy to constantly be on, 24/7, practically 365 days/year

It is also unsustainable. If your job expects you to do that, someone has a wrong idea of how the world works (but it is more likely you will get blamed when things go wrong, rather than the person who had the wrong idea).

If I were in your place, I'd look for a job that respects my off-time. 24/7 is acceptable (if compensated) once a month, maybe even once a week in some cases - but definitely not every day, and definitely not 365 days a year.

What do you do on vacation? On a plane?

[lbaskin]

1. In case I wasn't clear, I meant being on-call nearly all the time - not that I have actual work all the time. You generally get a fair amount of weekends off, but it makes planning difficult, etc. 2. This is reality for a LOT of white-collar jobs today (wall st., lawyers, consultants, etc.).