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Sammanfattning: The working life has since the industrialization gone through big changes in the entire world. With these structural changes being made in the working life, the labor market and the operative businesses now have new demands on their coworkers as a response to the increasing competition. At the same time progress has been made in both technology and communication, individuals now have the opportunity to work from other places than a physical office and at any given time. In total, these changes have led to what’s often referred to as "boundaryless work. In boundaryless work the individual has to draw the line between working life and personal life. Previous research has shown that the personal life and working life are getting harder to keep apart, and organizations are focusing more on task orientation rather than working time orientation. This essay has the purpose of investigating how people draw lines between their working life and their personal life when work can be done everywhere and at any given time. It also looks at to what extent individuals working boundaryless experience classic bureaucracy principles such as strict accountability, hierarchy and expert power. This is done through qualitative interviews with white collar workers. The results provided by this essay shows that the individuals tend to experience classical bureaucracy principles in some respects. The results show a positive attitude towards the boundaryless work, and the responsibility to draw the boundaries between work and private life. It’s also shown that almost every respondent uses a strategy where they go offline on their phone to draw these boundaries.