Is there pressure where you work to be ‘always-on’ even if what’s verbally being said by leadership is that they value your work life balance? How do you manage that when they then frame work as urgent and call you to hop on when you’re expecting to be away from work?

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Yes, we are always supposed to be on. However, I don’t take this seriously and mostly just kind of turn up a little bit when management’s in the room. I think always having to be on or being a top performer is too exhausting for one to manage.

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Yea I definitely get that same feeling. You end up learning when to really dial it up and when you can actually end up taking things more chill

I hate to say it, but I get the impression from other people in my company that they think my job is "easy" or expendable. And this gives me the unspoken pressure to always be available, always be ready to take on any task that they can give me. While I know this isn't fair or true, it's hard to let go of that pressure.

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That sounds rough. Do you ever decline then, especially if you feel like you have a lot on your plate? I can't imagine it's an easy conversation to have if everyone thinks your job is easy when in actuality there's a lot of nuance to what you do

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