Too quiet here

[kershnic]

Want to weigh in on a pressing issue of the day?

Is it acceptable, in 2012, to arrive at work at 9:00am and to not have checked your work email by 1:00pm? Assume no meetings or any other events away from the desk.

[twotrue]

As a habit, no. On a rare occasion, yes. Right before mt big events there is usually a day that I come to work and just sit down and plan. I write, make to do lists and gather supplies from storage. It's usually my day to gather my thoughts before all hell breaks loose. If I were to check email I would get side tracked. So yes, I can see having a day where I don't touch email until after lunch but those days would be really rare.

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[ct]

At DW's job, yes I think that's accepted and common. Mine? No way. According to some it wouldn't be acceptable for me to take more than 10 minutes to answer an email.

depends on the environment i think.

[kershnic]

Hm, fair enough on the unusual days TT. But it sounds like it would generally be a no on a normal day.

I'm curious now what field your wife works in CT, but I suspect you don't want to share on the internet.

My follow up question is whether it would count as micromanaging for your supervisor in this case to tell you that you need to check email at the beginning of the day?

[twotrue]

May 22, 2012 21:16:37 GMT -5 kershnic said:

Hm, fair enough on the unusual days TT. But it sounds like it would generally be a no on a normal day.

I'm curious now what field your wife works in CT, but I suspect you don't want to share on the internet.

My follow up question is whether it would count as micromanaging for your supervisor in this case to tell you that you need to check email at the beginning of the day?

Yes, I would call that micromanaging. If the worker is getting the job done then I have a hard time with bosses telling them how it should be done.

And to CT's point, many of the teachers that I work with don't touch email until either a lunch break or the end of the day. I'm lucky if a teacher responds to my emails within 48 hours. So I do think so fields aren't as email friendly/relient.

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[bluedaisyus]

I think it really depends on the field. For me? No, it is not acceptable, and the first thing I do when I log onto my computer is check my work email. For my wife? Yes, that would be fine, but she sometimes only gets on a computer once during her shift whereas I spend my whole day staring at this box.

I don't think it's micromanaging for supervisors to have a policy that you need to check your email at the beginning of the day, especially if company/department information is relayed that way.

[ElsaVonM]

It would have been OK at my previous job (very email dependent) if I put an away message up saying, "I will be away from my email from 9a-1p, please call if your matter is urgent."