We have evolved from liquid labour to presence bleed. Technology is so evolved that we have it at our dinning table, but let's face it, how many of us actually sit at the dinner table and don't give any attention to our phone? It's not about what information we access, it's actually about where and how we access it.
The reading by Bradwell & Reeves explores organisational thinking in terms of social media. Bradwell and Reeves (2008) note that "more manually intensive employment has moved out" and evidently workers are now dependent on technology to complete the days tasks. With the evolution of technology it now means that a one can simply work from home. But does this not evade the total concept of leisure? Isn't home our sanctuary, where we not need any stress or tension? We don't have to be at work to engage in work, we can be at home or even at the beach like this guy:
Hang on! Would we not then be blurring the lines between leisure and work?
Well, yes we would. But I believe that it is now becoming more and more evident to not just employees but employers too that there is now an overlapping of both work and leisure.
Bradwell and Reeves (2008) also discuss the way in which that some business have "begun to embrace the way social networks work". Bradwell and Reeves (2008) also mention that now employers are offering values that "match those of potential employees". Does this mean that employers are now going to allow their employees to access Facebook or twitter through their work computer at any given time of the day? or even more extraordinary, that is, working from home?
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Hey Varsha!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that we are constantly on our social networking sites and even do it at the dining table without realizing it. I was brought up in a family where phones are not allowed on the dining table. But now, it has changed. Parents are constantly worried about their work, therefore phone calls, text messaging, emails are all held on the table. It kinda annoys me sometimes when I'm telling them about how my day went, and they'll be on the call 5mins into my conversation. After that nobody remembers what I was saying anymore.
Speaking of being able to access twitter in work, reminds me of that episode on Grey's Anatomy, where an operation was occurring and a junior who was learning, was actually twitting the process of the operation through twitter, and even asking for opinions from other medical students from across the world. How amazing right? :D