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I wonder if this includes sending slack messages or emails outside of work. I’ve personally never been _texted_ outside of work but I’ve received these other fo
by tyleo 5y ago
I wonder if this includes sending slack messages or emails outside of work. I’ve personally never been _texted_ outside of work but I’ve received these other forms of communication.
I’m also a US tech worker. Maybe texting outside work is more common in other countries or professions.
- toomuchtodo 5y agoOther countries (France, Italy, Slovakia, and now Portugal) outside the US are slowly implementing legislation to prohibit after hours contact to enforce work like balance and boundaries (because you can’t expect employers to do this out of the goodness of their hearts; they will extract as much as they can in jurisdictions without sufficient labor protections, speaking from high level macro observations). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_disconnect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_disconnect
- a0zU 5y agoOk?
- toomuchtodo 5y agoSimply providing context in regards to the second paragraph of the comment I replied to as an advocate for this sort of legislation and regulation.
- WaitWaitWha 5y agoThis may work as long as everyone is in the same timezone.
- rogerkirkness 5y agoIt's a low agency version of work/life balance that requires people to share the governments interpretation.