How about considering that the glass might be half full? Employers can trade 24/7 on-call status for not requiring the 9-to-5 routine of these workers. Both sides gain flexibility and effectiveness. I already know several IT gurus who only come in to the office a couple of times a week.
>I don't think the iPhone will change anything that isn't already pretty >far along in the process of changing (such as the 24/7 "on-call" status >of a lot of workers in today's economy). ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************