Use of Blackberry phone/computing devices is on the increase and according to work related psychologists, the use of Blackberrys is often to the detriment of family life.



Work is now invading personal space and affecting one's whole family. People using Blackberry devices feel compelled to answer an email or send messages when in family time.

Work life has now come to be a 24 hour 7 day a week commitment and Blackberry type devices is keeping the working community in touch during time that needs to be spent with family, and/or other times when following personal interest.

Overall, because people feel they must be available to answer Blackberry messages and/ior to write messages to keep the team on top of things, people are become less and less satisfied that they are actually getting their job done - far less personal satisfaction.