Smartphones make you tired & unproductive

At the moment, the picture is still unclear, but the risks seem to include:

• Smart phone use seems to constitute the biggest risk.

• All Web connected electronic devices contitute a risk, so avoid tablets, laptops & desktops too.

• Everyone needs a break from work at the end of the day.

It may be that the entire problem is essentially unrelated to the technology as such. A work phone, or other device, may simply be a tether which keeps the employee "at work", even after hours. YouTube on a work device out of hours may be OK. An email from the boss at 9 pm with a new task, or query, isn't.

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