Slaving Over the Weekend

We are coming-up on the long Labor Day weekend. However, a large proportion of executives and professionals will work at least some of the time, and a larger percentage will not let their iPhone (or Blackberry for you loyalists) out of their sights to remain in command and control via email. Then, when Monday rolls around and the alarm chimes, we feel depleted and not quite ready for another long week ahead. 

According to the 2010 Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, more than one-third of US employees log time in on the weekend, putting in at least 5-and-a-half hours. But a more terrifying statistic according to a recent GFI survey reported that they are online, receiving and sending emails on Saturday and Sunday.