[amygdyl]

I'm reading Michael Bloomberg's autobiography, and he describes working his last day as a partner at Salomon Brothers, a twelve hour day, to end fifteen years of twelve hour days, six day weeks. He was not unhappy in his work.

What I find confusing, is the extension of work into outside hours, on call.

9-5 office workers are supposed to be able to complete only 2 hours undistracted work during their day. This figure comes up time and time again despite the original study of American workplaces was long before we had computers and modern distractions universally.

Is there a acknowledgement of the value of the on tap working capacity, implicitly in this insidious invasion of outside life from work?

Because I have been understanding the constant on call expectations of employers to be in effect a admission of the end of necessity for offices.

As in, "sure I'll make sure to respond to your demands 24/7, now I just won't commute four hours a day costing me £7,000 for the train tickets, to only spend a couple of hours a day doing actual work for you!"

This is quite the indictment of the way we manage our business, is it not?