First Principles | How to disconnect from work (but read the caveat)

On February 1, the Kenyan parliament agreed to pass the Right to Disconnect Bill. With technology now supporting work-from-home and hybrid modes of work, people figured they are clocking over 52 hours per week spread over six days, which breaches what current Kenyan laws mandate. With Kenya joining the chorus most recently, there are those in middle and senior management roles in corporate India now wondering why didn’t Supriya Sule’s appeal to Indian professionals beginning in March last year that they join the Right to Disconnect movement not resonate. “Most Indian professionals, particularly the creative kinds, do not understand how to measure their monetary value.” These include people embedded in domains such as technology. Jane McConnell, consultant and author of The Gig Mindset Advantage points out that in the near future “there will be fewer jobs and no such thing as job security as companies become more transactional.” But people must begin to learn how to live with this ambiguity.