The Problem
The problem I came up with is that working adults and college students in the United States are pressured to answer work calls and emails after business hours because of recent technological trends and ease of access. If there were a product on the market that prevented work calls and emails outside of business hours without the user looking irresponsible, companies and employees would use it.
The Solution
The solution I came up with is an app. The app is a product that connects with the company's messenger and email database, which shows if the employee is currently accepting emails and calls or not. If a colleague attempts to send an email after hours, a message will pop up explaining that the email cannot be sent due to outside business hours. There will be an option to override this command for emergencies, but the colleague sending the email will have to explain the nature of the email. The explanation message will get sent and notify the employee, and the employee can choose to accept or deny the email as urgent. This app will also have a component that can also be connected to phones. The colleague calling will automatically be sent to voicemail but can choose to override this action and send a voicemail message to the employee's personal cell phone.
This is a neat idea! It resembles the do not disturb feature on apple products but only applying to a few certain contacts. Would all employees of the company have to download the app in order for other coworkers/management to know whether that person is accepting messages or not?
ReplyDeleteHello ! What a good idea you have in mind. It is very important to help not only current generations to be able to develop new virtual skills but also to foster different skills that can lead to our waiting time being so long. In the same way I can tell you that by implementing this idea, the effectiveness in companies would be exponentially triggered which not only helps future sales and more money but also a satisfactory work environment.
ReplyDeleteHi Tara,
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a really good idea! It will push people away from making work their most important priority constantly. This is especially a problem in countries like the United States. With that being said, I believe you may run into some problems with encouraging people to use this app because people are so used to working at all hours. Further, especially due to the current working environments, many people have much more flexible work schedules that may not look like the traditional nine to five work day.