It's not so much an issue of technology, but of control. If you can turn off your phone/chatroom/email whenever you like, and without consequences, then it's w

It's not so much an issue of technology, but of control. If you can turn off your phone/chatroom/email whenever you like, and without consequences, then it's wonderful. But if someone else dictates your availability on these platforms, then it becomes burdensome, even stressful. And there can also be normative pressure. If most of your colleagues have no problem remaining available at all hours, then you will be expected to as well. Sometimes I feel like workers are in a race to the bottom to see who can give up most of their personal time.