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I work on the weekends, but it’s MY choice to do so to get caught up on things. Being assigned work on the weekends is really fucked up. If asked to do something in the weekend I respond with “I’m not available this weekend.” If that’s not taken well, start looking for a new job. For me, my salary is not enough to cover having control of my weekends. If I was making crazy money, maybe I’d reconsider that. But honestly this industry it out of control with treating us like they own our entire lives.
Agree!
Generally I work under the assumption that a Friday or Monday off equals the whole weekend too. If you’re taking M/T off, just tell people you’ll be out of office from Saturday to Tuesday.
Are you able to use Outlook out of office auto reply to protect your time and setting on calendar with out of office status? I had to work during vacation December (not my choice) due to actual work meaning I got called out to respond. This made me all kinds of exhausted balancing family time or rather not able to spend time with family and doing work while neglecting family. Working weekends not helping now. If possible please see about how to take time off. I get it we are all working in different situations so please it’s best to figure out how to balance now.
You’re off on Monday for Family Day right?
Yes, but I was assigned work on the weekend for Tuesday so I will probably work tomorrow. I’m just asking more generally what’s the most strategic way to use vacation days since weekends/stat holidays seem less protected than when you actually take vacation days and reach out and tell people you’re off.