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> 8 hours I just refused to join a conference call on Saturday (opting instead to watch my son’s soccer game), and I know I’ll have to answer for it on Monday.
by commandlinefan 8y ago
> 8 hours
I just refused to join a conference call on Saturday (opting instead to watch my son’s soccer game), and I know I’ll have to answer for it on Monday.
- jlangenauer 8y agoGood for you! Stand up for yourself if they ask, use words like “inappropriate” and “disrespectful” to describe scheduling a conference call on a Saturday.
- madaxe_again 8y agoYeah, that’s the problem though, isn’t it, as you’re damned either way - either you miss out on time with your son, or you spend the remainder of your weekend anxious about whether you’re going to be tarred, feathered and fired on Monday. I chose to forgo children as they would have been a distraction from work. Now it’s too late. Ah well.
- regularfry 8y agoIt takes a certain amount of self-respect to raise the middle finger to unreasonably-timed work requests, and it says a lot about modern work culture that a lot of people have been cowed into thinking they have no options.
- quickthrower2 8y agoYeah but the job market in IT is so good there is no need to worry. If you aren’t being treated like a star you can move on to where you are appreciated.
- serpi 8y agoAnswer them with a referral for (them) a visit to a therapist. Working weekends is pathological.