Does anyone else feel like there's no such thing as work-life balance anymore? I'm so sick of working on projects at night or on the weekends. Getting beyond burnt out and I don't know what to do.

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Since the start of the pandemic through its peak, I didn't have any WLB. I talked to some of my friends about WLF problems, and they told me not to take work too seriously. They told me that if a company isn't serious about my personal life, I shouldn't have them as a priority either. That is the best advice ever! That doesn't mean that I do the bare minimum; it just means that I would work 40 hours per week, and that's it.

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Don't do it.
Work is like a relationship my best career advice typically come from relationship advice.
Set healthy boundaries is quite useful.

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yeah, it's a hard lesson to learn but you gotta do it to preserve your sanity

I get taken advantage of constantly. 11:30 on a PM, I'll get a random text about something that is so trivial and unimportant. I need to put my foot down.

Thats how it has been for me as well. I had to stop responding to the texts and draw a line in the sand. I was so sick of them expecting me to work around the clock.

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I have felt that way for quite some time. I feel like all I do is work work work. I can't even find time to meet up with friends because when I am not working I am tired from working. Its become a really bad cycle.

My workplace has healthy boundaries, which is one of the reasons I chose to work here. I've seen a few people undermine their own WLB by looking at and answering messages outside of work hours, even when no one expects them to, and when appropriate, I remind people that they should turn off notifications when they are not working.

If you have an on-call process, that should be the only way anyone is getting in touch with you outside of work. If you hold your boundaries, you'll see if it is actually your own habits taking away your WLB or your company's bad habits. If it is your company, I suggest looking elsewhere.

I'm a software engineer and work 9-5 remotely. After that I log out! And sometimes I log in late if my kid is getting ready at a turtle pace, etc. No issues. Occasional long lunch with a nap? No issues. And it's easy to step out for appointments. Every few months I have a week of being on call 10am -10pm including weekends. But in the past year or so, I think an alert for it has only gone off after work hours once?

So my work is turned off evenings and weekends. Work should not consume your life. If it is, you need to find a new place to work.

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