"What we have found in our research is that there is a potential dark side to digital working, where employees can feel fatigue and strain due to being overburdened by the demands and intensity of the digital work environment," said lead study author Elizabeth Marsh.
"You kind of feel like you have to be there all the time. You have to be a little green light," one worker told the research team.
"It's just more difficult to leave it behind when it's all online and you can kind of jump on and do work at any time of the day or night," another employee said.
"It's that pressure to respond [...] I've received an e-mail, I've gotta do this quickly because if not, someone might think 'What is she doing from home?‘" one more employee remarked.
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