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iDevices vs Work-Home-Balance

PCWorld has up an interesting article about a kerfuffle in the Australian government offices. One ministry attempted to issue Blackberry devices to all of their employees, but distribution was stopped when too many high-ranking people complained about Blackberries violating the home-work balance, by forcing longer workdays and intruding into free time.

Most of you know that I own an iPhone, so it may surprise you to know that I am very much against the distribution of Blackberry devices to employees who do not specifically ask for it. One of the reasons I chose an iPhone is it is incompatible with my work e-mail system (unless one uses the web browser to access that portal) and thus my employer can not use it as another way to contact me. I am a great believer that employers should pay for the time they demand, and that it is inappropriate to demand most employees to carry with them a tether that ties them to the workplace. Even cell phones are sometimes too much.

What do you think? Are Blackberry and other iDevices a blessing, a necessary evil, or a curse?

I've had weeks like this

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