Question 8Is "weisure" good for business or do we need to maintain boundaries between work and leisure?
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Josh Bersin says
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This is a cultural thing. Some people and some organizations work and play together - others do not. ...more |
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Peter Cappelli says
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I think the idea that we have a new generation of workers that doesn’t care about boundaries between work and life outside of work is wrong. It is probably true that many younger workers are willing to have most of their life absorbed by interesting career opportunities, especially when they are living in a new location and have no other ties there. ...more |
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Kris Dunn says
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Unless you are an hourly worker in America, boundries between work and leisure are dead. Work bleeds into life, and life bleeds into work. ...more |
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Richard Hadden says
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I don’t know if “weisure” is necessarily good for business or not, but I am reasonably convinced that it’s a part of life as we know it in the first decade of the 21st century. If a “weisure” lifestyle is here to stay, there should be limits within which both the employee and the employer should work. ...more |
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Lance Haun says
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I've fortunately never heard of this term but I don't think it is bad for business. Now it might be bad for the employee but a good employer should recognize the boundary issues and seek to define it for people that have trouble with the concept. ...more |
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Libby Sartain says
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I am not sure we can control the eroding of boundaries between work and leisure. But, I do think it is healthy to encourage workers to take breaks and to use smart phones for important items and save what isn't essential for the work life. ...more |
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