Buttons on cars need reinstatements instead of those distracting touchscreens
Wired printers too. How many peoples eyeballs have i wanted to gouge out with these wifi/bluetooth ones. Just let me plug it in, hit send and print!
I can delete any google app on my galaxy? Same goes for the Samsung apps save for the core ones (messaging for example).
Try Notifications in settings. Google is in there.
Try googling it.
Are the jobs no longer 8-530 because of the tech?
I heard back in the day jobs were 9am-5pm but then humankind became less productive or something, and that's why we seem to be working longer hours on top of lengthening commutes. /tangent
Working or available for work when not in work. There is a reason right there to limit phones
I sm sorry if I am on holidays I am holidays not on work. It's not like I have them booked already and approved. If the place I work have no other person to do my job for when I am out that's a they problem not a me problem.
That's not a reason to limit phones. Its a reason to limit employer's expectations. This is why the "Right to Disconnect" was brought in.
I don't use my own phone for any work purposes. I have a separate work phone (paid for by my employer) and it gets turned off when I log off, and doesn't get turned back on again until I log in.
Again, a lot of this is down to self-control - and with work, with putting in boundaries.
At the end of the day people make a choice whether to be available and that's OK so long as they're appropriately recompensed for it. The problem only arises where you aren't recompensed for it. Ultimately if someone else can do it, and will do it, when you won't then you will hit your peak at a much lower level.
Technology just makes it easier to be on the profitable side. You can sit down for lunch on your holiday on a Sunday in Tokyo and check an email from someone back in the office looking for unique information that only you know and you can reply within 10 minutes, facilitated by modern technology and you can get paid a premium for that availability and knowledge.
If you're not available and won't respond then the client or employer will make sure that next time it's not you that's being paid a premium to be available and then it becomes a you problem.
So instead of checking a phone and replying to emails for maybe an hour per day, you end up wasting your life away on a salary that you're not happy with, complaining about the affordability of housing that's being snapped up by others who can affford it. Convinving yourself that the cans of lager that you bought in bulk at a reasonable price for your Saturday night at home again is better than the night out to eat in the restaurant that you want but can't afford. And worse still, your cherished annual leave is wasted on a package deal to Lanzarote again because you've been to Majorca the last two years and the kids are just too bored to go there again. Meanwhile you're moaning about they guy who checked his email in bed when he woke up, again when he had lunch and then a third time when he came home to change for dinner while on holiday, but he's somewhere that the guy who wouldn't ruin his holiday could only dream about.
Have no idea your point.
But no my time off is mine and I say precious few places will compensate me for manipulating me to use my down time. If it was once or twice in an emergency then maybe sure but we both know that is not what is happening.
How can I relax recharge myself if I have to keep thinking off work. I would gladly keep my off time and not be able to go to a restaurant on Saturday and go on a holiday to Lanzarote which is pretty nice BTW when I was last there a few years ago
I was not really been serious. But yes your stuff for your personal life should not be mixed with your work life
Maybe I'm lucky in that I can just blink my eyes, put the phone in my pocket and I'm back offline again 10 minutes after checking in with work and then just check in again between courses at lunch etc and I don't consider that to be "working". But I know for a fact that technology is helping people earn far more by remaining connected to work while not physically "at work" and if you're not willing to do that then someone else will.
Kellog's started a 6 hour day in 1930 because that's all we can work productively. They sifted from three 8 hour sifts to 4 6 hour ones.
Wow. I feel quite sad reading that.
Several years ago, I was abroad for a week (in Venice at a friend's wedding) and while I was abroad someone messed up a setting on the software I 'owned' at the time which meant approx 5,000 employees in the company couldn't use the VPN.
I heard nothing about it till I got back to work on the Monday. And that's the way it should be.
And the funny thing was, the team who messed up tried to blame me, but the fact that I was abroad with zero ability to make the change was what instantly exonerated me. Two of my own immediate team mates handled the situation in my absence.
Yeah? I thought it was quite funny. Like something from 'American psycho'.
If your mind is thinking about or engaging with work related things while on holidays you're doing it wrong.
That last paragraph is hilarious.
Well I hope some day your not on holidays (certainly not those package holidays) and instead of been out spending time with your friends/family your not in your accommodation fixing something for work.
Remember its work to live not live to work
I feel sad for the family who are sharing the part-time holiday maker with his colleagues.
Even worse, how do I get rid of Google Gemini, the AI-based user interface that infected a family member's phone without asking for permission or consent, and is now controlling every single phone function, including actually powering off the phone, while consuming huge data centre resources to operating in the background?
switch back to google assistant instead.
You can disable it from within your google account.
You can also switch from Gemini to the original google assistant, if you don't want to use Gemini (I don't either).
(eta) this might help:
The whole U16 thing is a distraction. We need to fix the problem, not protect some children (the ones not smart enough to operate a VPN) from the problem.
a VPN won’t circumvent the ban
How will the providers know whether the end user is coming from a country to which the ban applies or not?
It won't. Parental controls, credit card, I'd...waste of time.
You do not understand how a VPN works, that is fine, but I’m not teaching you.
A VPN won’t be effective.
yup, we better get building more psych wards, cause society is fcuked, we re gonna have to embrace our mental health nightmare!
In 'apps' search for "weather" and then have a look at the settings options that are listed.
The problem with this is that most of the time, you're just "expected" to be available - whether it's staying late after your shift, or being available out of hours - and you don't get anything for this, or at most an unofficial time in lieu arrangement.
The argument that offering this flexibility will somehow make a difference to your prospects generally isn't the case. A lot of those decisions/promotions come down to favouritism or immediate necessity (due to leavers) or just "time served".
I've made a conscious effort to not be available after hours anymore - something I used to do a lot. I don't mind a very occasional half hour or so after normal quitting time if it's something urgent or important, but that's about it. I don't check emails at night or at weekends nowadays.
Boundaries are important. If that cover is needed, a proper discussion about it should be had or someone else hired to provide that cover. If you have a proper on call arrangement then fair enough, but I've too often seen good people be let go regardless of the fact that they put in huge effort and loyalty.
It's probably slightly different if you're working for someone else but if you're running a successful business you could find yourself with serious issues very quickly if you switch off completely. In terms of employees in general, those employees at the highest levels of most organisations will not be strict 8-5.30pm type people and they generally get there by going that extra mile. The majority of people in those positions don't just sit back and relax when they get to a certain level of seniority. You would expect that they will be in demand so to retain them you would want their compensation to somehow align their interests with going the extra mile for your business, whether that's significant profit participation, share options, a bonus adding a significant percentage to the base salary etc.
People act like what I'm saying isn't common but I gaurantee that the majority of people in, or with serious ambition, to run a successful business, work in c-suite roles, many people working in finance, partners in commercial legal practices, doctors/surgeons/consultants etc are all working in excess of 50 hours per week and remain available or connected for a good portion of hours outside of that. It might not be paid in terms of hourly paid but ultimately it's factored into the overall compensation package/profit at the end of a year.
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