Yep - just don't answer. When I'm on leave I delete any work apps from my phone and log out of my work email account. If they learn that it takes you ages to respond/you don't, they will learn to solve things themselves as it's more efficient than waitingThat's not on. Sorry but if I was contacted about work when I was on annual leave I'd just ignore the calls or messages. It's unacceptable to interrupt your down time.
Exactly. It's amazing how they can suddenly find out how to do stuff when there's no other option.Yep - just don't answer. When I'm on leave I delete any work apps from my phone and log out of my work email account. If they learn that it takes you ages to respond/you don't, they will learn to solve things themselves as it's more efficient than waiting
Agreed! Thankfully it's only happened to me once - my boss sent me a WhatsApp message while I was on holiday about a meeting that was happening on my first day back. I distinctly remember I was on a walk along a beach at the time and it got my back up so basically ruined the walk.Yep - just don't answer. When I'm on leave I delete any work apps from my phone and log out of my work email account. If they learn that it takes you ages to respond/you don't, they will learn to solve things themselves as it's more efficient than waiting
Ooh that sounds so toxic. I thought there was a law about not contacting people on annual leave in the UK or have I just dreamt that?I’m handing my notice in on Friday and I cannot wait. I’ve been at a marketing agency which has been incredibly toxic. Don’t think I ever want to work for an agency again.
We are forced to use our personal WhatsApp accounts to communicate with clients. No wasn’t an option (if you want to keep your job). The clients have constant access to you. Even on annual leave or out of hours you’re expected to give a ‘quick reply’ because ‘otherwise the clients won’t feel the love and will think they’re being ignored’.
The account managers are also absolutely yes men. They lick the clients arses and make stupid unrealistic promises without consulting anyone. They refuse to manage expectations, leaving everyone burnt out while they skip off home at 5pm.
It’s a super toxic culture. It’s pretty underpaid, so it’s easy for the CEO to tell everyone they need to be constantly available when he’s driving home in his Tesla and living in his fancy house
Oh I ignored the messages and declined the calls, I know for a fact there are other people in my role in today that could have been asked. The calls were to my personal number too! I'm quite firm on boundaries, the second I leave the office I switch my work phone off and I don't check emails outside of work ever. I think because some colleagues make sure they can always be contacted there is an expectation for the rest of us to be like thatYep - just don't answer. When I'm on leave I delete any work apps from my phone and log out of my work email account. If they learn that it takes you ages to respond/you don't, they will learn to solve things themselves as it's more efficient than waiting
In a previous life, I had a manager who loved to know what other departments were doing. So he would send one of us to a meeting we had no business being in. Everyone would be trying to look all cool and not challenge me for fear that I actually belonged there.Just been told in a group chat that I don't need to attend a two hour meeting later this morning, which is great news as it will allow me to focus on some other stuff.
But a goody two shoes in the same chat is starting to say things like: "Hmm but they might discuss X so I think I might still go, perhaps you want to as well Ensay?"
It's taking a lot of energy not to reply with: "You're being given two hours back, just bloody take it and stop finding reasons for you and me to attend!"She's either got nothing better to do or she's trying to impress. If you want to do that, fine, but leave me out of it.
It's a pain in the arse when some colleagues decide to go "above and beyond". There's a group at my work that answer messages at all hours and it does create the expectation that the rest of us follow suit, even though on the face of it everyone says "oh there's no need to do that"Oh I ignored the messages and declined the calls, I know for a fact there are other people in my role in today that could have been asked. The calls were to my personal number too! I'm quite firm on boundaries, the second I leave the office I switch my work phone off and I don't check emails outside of work ever. I think because some colleagues make sure they can always be contacted there is an expectation for the rest of us to be like that
This is the reason I refuse to download Teams on my mobile, because otherwise I'll get calls and chats and notifications etc on my days off.Oh I ignored the messages and declined the calls, I know for a fact there are other people in my role in today that could have been asked. The calls were to my personal number too! I'm quite firm on boundaries, the second I leave the office I switch my work phone off and I don't check emails outside of work ever. I think because some colleagues make sure they can always be contacted there is an expectation for the rest of us to be like that
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