IPMA 2007: Beyond the Numbers
I think this increasing reluctance to leave the office is part of an overall trend among Americans. The importance of education is overshadowed by the concern that “the shop can’t run without me” (or that “my boss may realize it can run without me”).
This inability to leave work behind is also responsible for the fact that Americans take fewer vacation days than workers in any other industrialized country (we also get fewer, but that’s another story). Most of us end the year with vacation time to spare. And taking a full week off to travel somewhere (sans laptop)? Forget it.
- Places:
- Nashville
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
