Comments on: Labour Day in the 21st century http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/09/07/labour-day-in-the-21st-century/ Social media and creativity for the individual, plus frequent dissection of the physical and digital worlds. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:05:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/09/07/labour-day-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-5408 Mark Dykeman Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:33:27 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1307#comment-5408 The "two hours daily" fact is a bit eyebrow-raising, but I don't doubt it. The “two hours daily” fact is a bit eyebrow-raising, but I don't doubt it.

]]> By: Lydia Sugarman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/09/07/labour-day-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-5407 Lydia Sugarman Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:18:45 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1307#comment-5407 Just because someone's putting in time doesn't mean they are working. The average worker spends as much as two hours daily on personal activity while in the workplace. Which then means they have to do work at home to catch up.<br><br>I'm a big proponent of "a fair day's work for a fair day's wage." Curtail personal stuff as much as possible to personal time during the day. And, if work can't be completed in a normal work week/day, then it has to carry over, not taken home. Just because someone's putting in time doesn't mean they are working. The average worker spends as much as two hours daily on personal activity while in the workplace. Which then means they have to do work at home to catch up.

I'm a big proponent of “a fair day's work for a fair day's wage.” Curtail personal stuff as much as possible to personal time during the day. And, if work can't be completed in a normal work week/day, then it has to carry over, not taken home.

]]> By: Mark Dykeman http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/09/07/labour-day-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-5405 Mark Dykeman Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:00:39 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1307#comment-5405 Heh, now I have to go read your post... happy Labour Day! Heh, now I have to go read your post… happy Labour Day!

]]> By: robdiana http://broadcasting-brain.com/2009/09/07/labour-day-in-the-21st-century/comment-page-1/#comment-5403 robdiana Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:32:55 +0000 http://broadcasting-brain.com/?p=1307#comment-5403 Mark,<br><br>Obviously great minds think alike. I just finished a post about labor day, and how people are working long hours with social media. I like the idea of "celebrating work inside of a life". With social media, the constant connectivity tends to blend life and work a little more than we used to. Mark,

Obviously great minds think alike. I just finished a post about labor day, and how people are working long hours with social media. I like the idea of “celebrating work inside of a life”. With social media, the constant connectivity tends to blend life and work a little more than we used to.

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