Suspiciously good weather
I thought it was always supposed to rain on Bank Holidays? And yet, we’ve had glorious sunshine and warm temperatures all weekend up where we stay. It’s meant I’ve managed to get very little preparation done for my new job, recruiting for special needs teaching jobs, but I’m pretty sure everyone in the office will be the same by the time we all drag ourselves back into the office on Tuesday morning, hungover, sun burnt and depressed that our four-day weekend is finished…
I love technology and there’s no doubt it has made all our lives easier and more pleasurable. There’s always a downside to that, though, and in my opinion this is the fact that technology advances have made it easier for all of us to do work at home. Not so long ago, we clocked out at 5pm on a Friday afternoon and that was that. Unless you could phsyically take home paper reports or calculations, then your weekend was work-free.
Now, if you have a tight deadline then there is definitely the pressure on workers to “take some work home” over the weekend. As I say, I have several emails in my inbox with messages from my new boss; suggestions of sites I should check out, reports I should read, forms I can get filled in online now and save time when I get into the office on Tuesday. I know I should get it all done and make a good impression on the new boss, but when the sun is shining, it’s just too tempting to switch off the laptop and get out there and enjoy it. After all, when was the last time you can remember having a sunny bank holiday??
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