More Americans working on weekends, with primary and secondary jobs

[OhioChick]

Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 6:00 PM

Aylie Fifer spent hours emailing back and forth with an advertising client, trying to determine whether to schedule a meeting this week. In between, she kept in touch with a number of other people on her job.

So much for her weekend.

Fifer is one of a growing number of Americans who find that work is becoming a seven-day-a-week proposition. Mobile technology, the soft economy and the growth of service businesses all are blurring the lines between work and home.

"I think in general, more people work on weekends," said Fifer, 35, vice president and account director at Point to Point Inc. in Beachwood. "With technology you can stay connected a lot easier."

More: http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2011/07/more_americans_working_on_week.html

[peacebird]

1. it's one thing for a VP of a company to be working weekends as they are financially compensated

For the rest of us however - working an extra 30 hours a week and being told that since we are "salaried" that is expected..... well that totally SUCKS. I make what I made at my last job a year ago BUT have to drive 50 miles each way to the job. So I am already taking a pay cut, AND am expected to "donate"a large number of hours in order to be 'one of the team'. BULLSHIT. Management does NOT work the hours I do.