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<p>Actually, to many people any intrusion due to work-related concerns on one’s off-time is considered intrusive by its very nature. </p>
<p>However, some professionals like biglaw attorneys, medical doctors, business consultants, and ibankers signed up for the 24/7 on-call lifestyle after understanding that’s the norm for those occupations. </p>
<p>However, it’s not the universal expectation of other professions like being a teacher/educator, pharmacist*, civil service, etc. </p>
<p>Moreover, email can be very intrusive to some if there’s an expectation, whether written or unwritten that one respond within one’s off-time, especially the weekend. </p>
<p>Incidentally, I’ve encountered many folks who made the same statement about cell phones which I completely disagree with. Especially considering the fact both forms of technology create what can sometimes be overentitled and intrusive expectations of immediate response. </p>
<p>Sometimes measured in seconds as I found from one encounter with an irate attorney when he called while I was in the middle of working with a partner in a separate department of a law firm.</p>
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<li>Dated one. Her off-time was completely off. However, she did routinely work 12 hour days…sometimes for 2 weeks straight.</li>
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