Comments on The Happy Employee: ROWE-y: Doing Personal Stuff At The Office

You should read the 4 Hour Work Week, it's really ...

2009-10-15T18:54:10.777+02:00

You should read the 4 Hour Work Week, it's really interesting about how to have more of a personally fulfilling life before retirement instead of waiting.

Anyways, as for taking a mental break from work every so often, I agree. It keeps employees motivated.

Check out my blog for some more ideas www.employee-rewards-incentives.blogspot.com

Hi Happy Employee!Its a nice post actually. You ju...

2009-03-17T03:34:00.000+01:00

Hi Happy Employee!

Its a nice post actually. You just taught a lot of employees there to take at least a minute to enjoy the workload.

Having so many tasks to do and yet, feeling the guilt of chatting with someone or emailing a friend or even, watching the concert of your favorite band thru YouTube.

Well, its not that you are wasting the time paid by your boss. Its just, sometimes, you need to unwind. And that you need to relax, to be able to do the tasks assigned to you.

Thanks for this post. Makes me think that I am not alone anyway.. :D

HR Good_Witch, seems like we're both suffering fro...

2009-02-21T23:16:00.000+01:00

HR Good_Witch, seems like we're both suffering from similar symptoms. The worst is that I never had a boss who complained about me making personal phone calls or checking my emails.

I'm afraid sometimes I'm just my own worst enemy. But unlike Linkin Park, I believe there's an escape (see their song "Given Up").

Isn't it weird? I can work 3 hours extra in a day...

2009-02-19T03:29:00.000+01:00

Isn't it weird? I can work 3 hours extra in a day and still feel guilty if I want to make a 5 minute personal call.

Like I said, at the moment I'd rather listen to an...

2009-02-19T00:49:00.000+01:00

Like I said, at the moment I'd rather listen to and learn from Gen-Yers ;-)

My brain knew for a long time that if you're not able to live life to the fullest while working, you won't be able to do it once you're retired. Now I'm working hard at explaining it to my gut.

Thanks Rachel!

Sometimes doing personal stuff is a great way to t...

2009-02-19T00:37:00.000+01:00

Sometimes doing personal stuff is a great way to take a mini-mental break from the office.

I had an employee say to me this week. "My father retired at 65 and then died at 74" It hit me that he was only free from work for 9 years. As a 24 year old the thought of sitting in an office being unhappy all day for my whole life is scary. If enjoying life means taking 1 minute to check my personal email then sign me up.