How do you manage your work and life balance?
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I’m currently working as a solutions consultant at Adobe. It’s my first job from graduating and I’ve been here for 2.5 years. I want to move into Consulting in banking. Do you think it’s a good choice & that I’ll have a good work/life balance? UBS Bank of England HSBC Barclays Bank of America Citi Bank
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Chipped my tooth eating a damn potato chip ☹️
Accenture, you good mate? Too much turkey?
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Just say no. Family first, job second. Over the years I’ve given up too much for the job with no return. I learned to say “I’m sorry, I have a family obligation, I will attack this first thing tomorrow. “ I don’t check emails on weekends or in the evening. My team knows that if there is an emergency to call me. I stick to my to-do list, I have a good relationship with my line manager, and I’ve learned to turn off. If there are people around you who have bad time management skills then help them improve and stick to your guns. As my former colleague used to say “poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.”
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Has this been an issue with UBS cultures?
I don’t check email or teams outside of work hours or when I’m on PTO. I don’t have notifications turned on on my phone. I’ve let my boss know these things when I could work them in to conversations naturally. I take all my PTO. If more work is asked than I’m already committed to I ask what my boss would like me to prioritize or bump. If I am working weird hours for some reason, I schedule teams messages or emails to go during business hours so no one gets the idea I’m available at weird hours or working then.
I know both slack and teams lets you schedule chat messages! On outlook you may have to use the web app to schedule an email - can’t remember if you can do that in the desktop app :)
Just started a new job and trying to be very clear on my boundaries!! A bit nervous because I have experienced burnout in the past and I have ptsd
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Good luck!!
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I recently discovered location do not disturb… when I’m at work, I don’t get instagram / facebook/ texts from certain people and when I’m at home, none of my work apps ping
It's tough, trust me. I usually have to write out a list each week of things I need to accomplish and figure out how to balance those with my work. I've found planning ahead solves a lot of these issues. The only problem with it is staying consistent with it. If you don't stay consistent, it'll never work.
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I also tried doing lists. And found it is so hard to stay consistent
I usually start with my yearly PTO and plan 2-3 days a month (knowing with sick kids another 1-2 may pop up) and trying to plan my monthly sitters/childcare accordingly. Once I have a rough year/month plan I move down to week by week urgent and time sensitive home and work priorities.