Going away this weekend. Didn’t tell my boss until they emailed us expecting weekend work. I told them that I can try to work when I can and not sure how bad the WiFi is gonna be. They replied with saying that it’s okay, and that they’ve been working with shitty WiFi while out of town. Idk how to feel about that. Kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I’m not trying to be a jerk. Has this happened to you during quarantine?

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Earlier in my career, I used to blow off vacations for work all the time. Very dedicated. Very macho.

Then one day, I realized I could remember all the vacations I’d blown off, but I couldn’t remember any of the reasons why.

Tell your boss you are away for the weekend. Don’t work.

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Thank you for this! I used to (and still do) do that. Trying to be better. Thank you for this advice everyone! It’s reassuring to hear that I’m not in the wrong. Luckily my bosses are amazing and understanding. I guess for me it was about how I felt like I let them down. So I need to work on that. I shouldn’t feel that way.

No manager wants their teams to work weekends. When weekend work comes up it sucks for them too. To not want to help, it’s pretty shitty of you. Sometimes a project comes up that your team needs you on. Find some Wi-Fi or a personal hotspot, block off a few hours a day, and do the work. Be happy to help. Because you know what’s worse? Nobody giving you a weekend work, weekday work, or any work. Be the teammate you want when you need help

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CD1 is everything wrong about this industry.

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Maybe when you get there you find there’s no WiFi at all? Lots of camping trips happening this summer.

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since when we have to tell our managers what our plans for the weekend are? the last time I checked weekends are not working days nor PTOs that we have to request.

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It’s one of the things I don’t like about advertising. It’s not good.

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