Commentary: People must be able to unplug from work when on leave

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It started with younger workers but that trend towards wanting to unplug and unwind from work may be unstoppable, says the Financial Times' Pilita Clark.

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“We would never have done that, right?” she said. No, I said, we wouldn’t. But perhaps we should have.

Take lunch. In my case, this was generally something done outside the office, often for at least an hour, and never at one’s desk. If I had started work later and knew nothing but today’s always-on culture, I might have been a lot more insistent about carving out time to unplug. A few months before the pandemic struck, research emerged showing the amount of paid time off taken by American workers reached 17.4 days in 2018, continuing a steady climb that began in 2014.

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How? For example, I have 5 days ML and 4 days I am working from home, attending meetings, replying messages and clearing administrative work, etc. The meetings are so important and I have to be present. There are deadline for administrative work. How to unplug?

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