Does anyone else have clients ping them or have instant message access with clients? We do on my current project and the CEO won’t stop pinging me when he sees I’m in late at night. It will be like 10/11pm and he’ll ping me about non work related things. It hasn’t gotten too weird yet, but my gut tells me it might. Anyone else have this experience?

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Don’t give it a chance to get weird... maybe log off from IM if you are working late?

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I agree... prevention is best! Disconnect if you can!....and don't forget to mention the boyfriend!!!

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20 years ago, I had (one level down from CSuite) calling me at 10 at night with panic attacks (remember - pinging, texts were not available). He was interviewing for a CSuite role and wanted coaching).

The good news is...they trust, respect and rely on you. The bad news is, they feel that they have all access. It is up to us to set boundaries. If I am on late at night, I either change my status (appears away or offline) or wait until morning to respond.

You are hired to provide a service scoped in SOW, not all access, a friend, therapist, or assistant.

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I struggle with this now. My main client is a hot mess.

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Turn your status to away

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Turn off status.

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Yes, log off and protect your time. It will set a crazy expectation

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