In a move that should hopefully unshackle the idea that work has to follow one home, Volkswagen has agreed to stop sending emails through Blackberry devices to its workers in Germany after working hours.
According to reports, an agreement was reached between the company and its labour representatives that will see the email function being deactivated at night for the 1,154 pay-scale employees at VW’s six plants in Germany who have a smartphone device furnished by the company.
These workers will only receive e-mails from half an hour before the start of flex-time working hours until half an hour after they end, but will still be able to receive and make phone calls. Board level execs will however continue to receive emails via their Blackberry devices.
The move came about following complaints from employees that being reachable all the time blurred the lines between work and home life as well as heighten the risk of burnout. Needless to say, the response to the decision to deactivate e-mails at night has been very positive.
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
blackberry free moments… :P
Bestnya…
dapat BB…
clearly, one person failed to understand the article.
kesian.
LOLZ
It seems he has yet to understand the crackberry syndrome, and why it’s known as a “crack”.
bro…
akoo tak comment pasal artikel tu la..
akoo cakap best kerja kat sana dapat bb free
akoo kerja kilang je bro…
kena pakai duit sendiri nak beli hp
tu pun malam-malam security guard call sebab ada orang kena histeria…
bro…
aku pun kerja kilang jugak
maaf banyak2 kalau terasa
tapi VW bagi BB bukan untuk staff diaorang enjoy send/receive email atau tayang kat member2
kalaulah ko tau betapa seksanya “dipaksa” guna BB, ko kan tak nak punya kemudian
peace…
Human Rights ….
Only available in the Western World….
High time to implement this in our country!
here? just switch off phone la.
If you switch off your phone, of course your boss can’t directly talk to you. But with BB, he just email you at 8 pm and… because it’s pushed email, the email must arrive to you. No matter if the phone is off or not, for the boss, the email is guaranteed to arrive to you …. and he expects you finish the tasks by the next morning.
Then how?
That’s why the VW workers want that practice to stop. If the email is sent late evening, it should only arrive tomorrow morning. The boss can’t expect you to burn midnight oil just because the boss himself is tardy.
:mrgreen:
then how?
tomorrow i will not submit the work, but resignation letter! haha.
No need to switch off the phone. Just turn off the data service and you won’t be able to receive/send emails…or browse the internet for that matter. :)
Hopefully be implemented here as well in my company I’m working…
VW’s employees are lazy bunch.
How do you know they’re lazy bunch???if they’re lazy, VW wouldn’t be one of the biggest carmaker in the world…
What are you? A stupid machine? Human need to rest too! Not working all the time like machine..
They’re just being efficient.
Just read the article in my comment below. We Malaysians work so much more, even very high percentage bring home their work. Is our country better than Germany? Hohohohoho
Work-life balance level: Germans
Meanwhile in Malaysia:
http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2011/11/14/columnists/mondaystarters/9897309&sec=mondaystarters
Asians.
Scumbag bosses.
I receive but i don’t reply unless supreme urgent.
But in Malaysia, the stupids like to go ‘see i got berakberry from my company, i big manyzer’
hahaha
No wonder VW service is poor.
This will never happen here that’s for sure,i personally don’t practice/don’t believe in sending e mails to my staff via our company issued Blackberry’s,unless of course it’s extremely urgent.
As it is,we have a stressful working atmosphere,therefore,i firmly believe that my staff should have their quality time with their family and friends after working hours.It’s basic human rights i reckon.I’m the only one who practices this for my company/dept as i was abroad in a western country for a good 15 years before coming back here recently.
I also believe that work related matters should be kept at the office and not brought home,then you won’t have a life.That’s being selfish and unfair to your employees,you should value/appreciate/reward them accordingly for an honest and good job done,not burn them to the point their health deteriorates.Then again,this is what i do personally for my employees,it’s a mindset thingy over here,and it’s ardous task to change.Asians in general are like this.
Just my 2 cents.Cheers.
the 1 guy who put thumbs down for you is probably a manager in some local company who loves to torture his staff with BB messages and email after work hours and on weekends. ;)
The 5 guys who put thumbs down for you are probably a very competitive and capable managers in some reputable company who loves to serve their customer well.
The 15 guys who put thumbs up for you are surely a very irresponsible worker.
Thank you for your thoughts Sir,i know how to serve my customers exceptionally well despite doing the very opposite what you said above.
All my employees value their work and manage their responsibility exceedingly well,this is exactly why they are very well paid and they love what they do for a living,i am no different Sir.If i’m irresponsible,would my company give me the huge responsibility of handling 2 different regions in the automotive sector?
I just choose to value my employees in a different way,that’s all,no harm in that.
You have a nice day.Cheers.
Meed, do you even know the meaning of the word “irresponsible”? I don’t get the impression that you understood what Kumar san said in his original statement. Kumar san, you are are model for the rest of us to follow. Well done sir, & keep it up!
Meed,
Working after hours doesn’t prove that you’re responsible or dedicated. It could also mean that you’re inefficient hence having to stay back late. :D
Not sure why people here always assume that if you’re working late = hardworking, deserve a promotion, pay rise etc.
Dude, work smart.
The work culture is very different in developed countries. If you look at it, we are just highly inefficient as there’s just no logic that we can’t get our work done between 9am and 6pm. In at least 1 of the western countries, they leave sharp at 6pm. Hardly anyone stays back yet the company still functions well and is profitable.
That’s because from 9am-6pm (except for lunch), they’re focused on work. There’s no forwarding mass emails, checking fb, posting on twitter, calling other half, remisier, best friend, checking out holiday packages, reading paultan :-) etc. But to many of us here, that’s all part of the working day.
Stupid reasoning!!! Why don’t you ask a doctor to focus on his work and stop all work after 6pm, and suddently you have a heart attack at 6.01pm and the doctor refuses to attend to you, imagine what will happen?
Meed,
Certain jobs require their employees to work on shift basis. Doctors also have house-calls for emergency cases. Hope you know what that means.
Would love to see this here in Boleh-land.
Sadly though it’ll probably be tough to implement here since human rights/labour laws here r not as ‘supportive’ compared to most Western or European countries. Even many local superiors of such ’employee-friendly’ companies with branches here tend to keep the nooze tight probably to keep themselves competitive or ‘kia-su’
I think Malaysia has always been practicing this all the while…. in the governmental industry. No work after 4pm until 10am (the next day). Contact2 pun tak dapat2… hehe..
doctors on-call hv no problem with this…