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Volkswagen Turns Off E-mail After Work-Hours

Posted by Soulskill on from the we'll-fix-it-in-the-morning dept.

wired_parrot writes "Responding to complaints from employees that email outside of working hours was disrupting their lives, Volkswagen has taken the step of shutting their email servers outside work-hours. Other companies have taken similar steps, with at least one taking the extraordinary step of banning internal e-mail altogether. Is this new awareness of the disruption work email brings on employee's personal life a trend?"

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  1. Re:No surprise, it's Germany by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In Europe we take care of life quality more than in the US. [...] No room for tea-partiers in Germany, sorry...

    Volkswagen was originally founded in 1937 by the Nazi trade union, the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront).

    Happy to Godwin this for you.

  2. Re:It won't last by grumling · · Score: -1, Troll

    But you're forgetting that many/most of the occupiers have never had a job to begin with. The movement started when a bunch of college grads couldn't find work but had to start paying back student loans. They have no idea what it means to have a Blackberry strapped to your belt all the time. In fact, I'd bet 90% of them wouldn't realize that they shouldn't treat the company email system like Facebook and other social media systems, and check out when they are done for the day.

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  3. Re:It won't last by spire3661 · · Score: -1, Troll

    WAHHHH I choose to have more kids then I should so I have to work more then 40 hours.

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