Elardus, Absolutely, life is short, there also is a balance with work and life ....
Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD 'Infinite wisdom through infinite means' > On Sep 26, 2013, at 2:19 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm moving to a new thread. > > Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: > >>> Not only in South Africa, we do 18+ in NYC too, > > I have occassionaly done a full night work, especially during emergencies > like botched installation, upgrade or big changes. > >> One of the things that happens as you get older is that you figure out that >> you are not Superman. Sour you can work 72 hours, but your error rate will >> go way up and you'll have to put in even more time to correct the results of >> your sleep deprivation. A smart boss will order you to take a sleep break. > > Indeed. In a mature Data Centre, such overtime may or may not be frowned on, > but you know there are exceptions and of course changes needed to be done > after hours. > > Shmuel, what you said has been confirmed by an IBM-MAIN member who said that > he is posting while really needing sleep and working too many after hours. > He eventually said that he has gone to sleep. And he is OLD and his health is > not of the very best. > > I'm grateful that I can claim overtime, but that must be pre-approved with > formal change procedures - Excessive overtime is frowned on because of high > error and fatigue rate. In fact - the laws of work conditions have improved > over the years. > > I don't have any confirmed proof, but apparently the Japanese people are > FORCED to have leave to take a break every year. True? False? > > I am sure many of the IBM-MAIN members can relate to loooooooooong zzzzzz > work zzzzzz hours... ;-) > > But if your health is suffering, you need to look at your work conditions. > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
