Australia’s ‘right to switch off’ will be a disaster

For a great many, their job is their vocation. It’s not just what they do for a living, it’s a key part of defining who they are as a person.

These people love what they do and, if the need is there, willingly work over and above their standard working days to ensure that a task or project is completed on time and done well. They take pride in their work and, when a client or customer is happy with the service given, they take deep satisfaction in that. They feel validated not just as workers, but as people. They live to work.

There is, however, another large segment of the working population. They turn up because they have to earn a pay cheque somewhere. They do what is necessary to fulfil their job description – if that – but as soon as the working day ends, they’re out of there.