July 2, 2012 by Chris TaylorLooking forward to that July 4 holiday? Of course you are. But be honest: what are the chances you're going to sneak a look at your work email at some point during the day, just in case?
A new survey from mobile security firm Good Technology confirms what we already knew — that Americans' work-life balance is going from bad to worse. The stats read like a depressingly familiar roll call of what's wrong with our hectic connected existence.
Some 68% of us check work email before 8 a.m., with half of us doing so before our heads leave the pillow. (The average check-in time of the 1,000 randomly-selected respondents: 7:09 a.m.) At the other end of the day, 69% of us can't slip into slumber unless we've checked that old work email one last time.
But perhaps the most eye-popping part of the survey is how much all that extra time adds up to. Simply by answering work-related calls and emails when we've left the office, the average respondent is working an extra seven hours a week. That adds up to 365 hours... ( more at http://mashable.com/2012/07/02/overtime-at-home/ )
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