With the advancement in technology, I think everyone is busy. Long gone are the days when an employee is fully free once they clock out. Some can be on call, receive emails, or think about their work at home. At work, it is easy to be busy. Going through all emails, important or not, can take up a lot of time. But being productive is better. Fixing problems, improving systems, and working efficiently. Not everyone can do it, and it is usually the ones that are productive that get the necessary work done.
And yet technology is meant to "make things easier."
You're right though, I remember my dad coming home and being with the family but these days work tends to follow a person around, speaking from personal experience. I think it's important to know when to shut off though, which I'm pretty good at, and also to be productive when at work (or working) to minimise the need to work outside of hours.
It is still true, just not the way we wanted it. Technology makes things easier for the company. They can contact the employee anytime, anywhere. Increase productivity and whatnot for the same number of work hours.
Exactly!