Email boundaries don’t work. Try this instead

Restricting after-hours email sounds like a simple solution to overstuffed inboxes and an infinite workday. But the real problem goes deeper and requires a different fix.

Imagine leaving work early to collect your children, then logging back on after they are asleep. At 10 p.m., you send a few emails. You don’t expect anyone to answer until tomorrow, but your colleagues don’t necessarily know that.