Comments on: State of the Corporate Worker – Breathless http://inclusionparadox.com/state-of-the-corporate-worker-breathless/ Inclusion Paradox The Book Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:13:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Spencer Maus http://inclusionparadox.com/state-of-the-corporate-worker-breathless/comment-page-1/#comment-526 Spencer Maus Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:32:33 +0000 http://inclusionparadox.com/?p=1318#comment-526 I remember the good 'ol days when I began my career as a stockbroker (1980). No cell phones, PC's, maybe a pager if you were a doctor. I would arrive at the office one hour before the market opened to check corporate news, review strategies, etc., but not check emails (they didn't exist).The markets closed at 3pm CST. There might be corporate news released after the close, but when I left the office, I left the office. I didn't take it with me (cell phone, laptop, etc didn't exist). I would head to the club to work out, or the bar to meet friends and decompress. And I didn't give out my home phone number to clients. Today, it is nearly impossible to decompress, leave the office. Now I deal with guilt if I am not available by cell, checking my email on the weekend or continuing to work. I miss the good 'ol days. I remember the good ‘ol days when I began my career as a stockbroker (1980). No cell phones, PC’s, maybe a pager if you were a doctor.

I would arrive at the office one hour before the market opened to check corporate news, review strategies, etc., but not check emails (they didn’t exist).The markets closed at 3pm CST. There might be corporate news released after the close, but when I left the office, I left the office. I didn’t take it with me (cell phone, laptop, etc didn’t exist). I would head to the club to work out, or the bar to meet friends and decompress. And I didn’t give out my home phone number to clients.

Today, it is nearly impossible to decompress, leave the office. Now I deal with guilt if I am not available by cell, checking my email on the weekend or continuing to work. I miss the good ‘ol days.

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