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What does "after work" mean when you are expected to respond to email & Slack/Teams after you leave the office? The tradeoff to being always available to work

• sneak 3y ago
  If you're not being paid an hourly rate x24 each day to be on call, turn off notifications for these apps when you aren't working. It's a matter of setting boundaries. If you do work whilst not getting paid, the beneficiary is not going to correct your error. The only way you get them to pay for 24 hour availability is by not working 24 hours each day for free.
  • runako 3y ago
    Unlike the after-work schmoozing in the OP article, this will get you fired. Your employer will just claim this is an expectation of the job.
    • sneak 3y ago
      You, as an employee, will be the one doing the firing of the abusive employer by refusing to be on call 24/7 for free. If you're actually valuable and it's actually required they will work out a deal with you to compensate you for it. They'll usually just deal without it, maybe with some abusive passive aggressive grumbling. If they're unreasonable, they will do you a favor and end the business relationship. If you constantly refuse to set boundaries with your employer because "if I do they'll fire me", you will reduce your effective hourly rate immensely. Don't do that. It makes them respect and value you way less, too, because you aren't valuing your own time - why should they if you don't?