There is no work/life separation anymore in my life. I personally have managed not to get sucked into jobs that make me work outside the 8 hours I'm paid for. I've never had a crackberry. I was so annoyed by after-hours socializing that I stopped going. I am not a party kind of person and they kept planning loud, obnoxious events. I refused. Now I don't work there anymore so that horrible pressure is gone. I work from home part time now, but I work for myself when I do that.
But my boyfriend manages people in India and China so he is on the phone at home early in the morning and late in the evening and usually on weekends. He works almost 24/7 and those extra hours are in my house. That means my house has become an extension of his company. His stupid company has invaded and taken over my house. I have to be quiet. I can't play my musical instruments because he's in a meeting. I think it's completely out of control this stupid way of living. He's stressed out all the time. He's in fear of being fired. It's not worth it, financially, either. If you count his pay cut a few years ago, the lack of raises for the past 5 years and the extra hours he's putting in, he's now making a quarter of what he used to make.
It's all a way they've managed to squeeze more out of the middle class to make the C-level folks even richer. It's a way they've managed to roll back the standard of working to be similar to how it was when people worked in sweatshops. It makes me angry and I've decided not to play the game anymore. From both ends. I don't work for them and I don't buy their crap anymore.
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