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No task is quick after hours! Avoid those at all costs, or else you will be on call 24/7. Set the boundaries and let them know you will get to it just as soon as you are back to work.
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Exactly! One “quick task” after hours turns into a never-ending expectation. Boundaries aren’t just helpful — they’re necessary. Work can wait till work hours!
I handle it by not checking in and not responding. You really have to protect your own personal time because no one else is going to do it for you.
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Absolutely — silence is a boundary too. If you don’t protect your time, others will gladly take it. Disconnecting is self-care, not neglect!
"This is a task that CAN and WILL be handled in work hours tomorrow. There is a time and a place for everything, this is not it.
However - Any tasks that need to be done in an" "emergency" that are out of office hours and beyond my contracted hours of work, will attract a rate of 3x my hourly in overtime and will be billed to the company, or, to the person sending the task to me, at an unsuitably, unsocial time of the day. "
I'm too long in the tooth, with too much experience of being taken advantage of by employers and "colleagues" to be F'd about with now. 😁
"This Dial Up Internet Connection has temporarily been deactivated, please go back to the year 2003?" Try this?
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Haha, perfect! Feels like a blast from the past — nothing like that slow dial-up nostalgia to make you appreciate today’s speed!
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I believe that "job creep" is one reason that productivity has skyrocketed, but wages haven't. I actually liked the "act your wage" movement a few years back, pity that I haven't heard about it lately.
The best way to handle after-hours issues is the same way you avoid doing everyone else's job during work hours: delegate and empower. MAKE your front line workers make decisions, give them the training to make good decisions, and expect them to do the right thing, without constantly checking in.
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Totally agree — “job creep” has quietly become the norm, and it's no surprise wages haven’t kept up. Empowering staff and setting clear boundaries isn’t just smart leadership, it’s how you build sustainable teams. Bring back “act your wage” — we need that energy again!
last job I had before my current one, a manager at another store I was being sent to tried doing that to me, it contributed to why I quit. My home store manager was going to keep sending me there when I pleaded with him not to. I knew if I stayed things weren’t going to end well. I’m not going to let anyone affect my health and wellbeing.
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Good on you for recognizing the red flags early and walking away — no job is worth sacrificing your health and peace of mind. You made the right call.