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SnoozyMuffin
SnoozyMuffin
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How to manage work hours?

I know stupid question, but amidst all this WLB discussion I'm struggling to keep my work hours within working limits

We start work at 10 am, ideally 8 n half hours is 6.30 pm. By the time I wrap it is 7.. 7.15.. 7.30 pm. Some colleague will need 'last minute help, EOD approvals are still pending, day end reports are yet to go from team etc

Then 7.45..8..8.30 pm boss wants to talk about important stuff that was missed during the day. If you don't answer on Slack, it will be on WhatsApp. And I'll be online on WhatsApp obviously, I have people to talk to. So if you don't respond, it's 'disrespectful'

Sometime, boss gets reminded of stuff at 12 - 1 am, he'll text 🙄

I want strict 8 1/2 hours. How to achieve that?

5mo ago
DizzyCoconut
DizzyCoconut
Stealth5mo

Don’t take requests beyond work hours for a few days. Give some excuses if needed. After a few days, they will stop bothering you.

DizzyCoconut
DizzyCoconut
Stealth5mo

For the long term, change the team or move elsewhere. There are better people out there.

GigglyWalrus
GigglyWalrus
Stealth5mo
  1. It's not a stupid question
  2. It's your boss who's disrespecting your boundaries by texting on WhatsApp after work hours! You shouldn't be the one feeling guilty about it. What do they expect anyway, that you respond at 1am?

You've got to set strict boundaries, or else they'll just chew you up and spit you out when you inevitably burn out.

(More enlightened people than me can tell you what exactly to tell your boss to get your point across.)

PerkyWalrus
PerkyWalrus
Deloitte5mo

Get new number. Tell your friends and family to call on new number. Switch off this number after 6PM and also turnoff internet for whstaapp of this number

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