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so I opened my laptop and answered some emails from a client. The following week I got a mild dressing down from my colleagues for working after-hours and I was
by vellum 12y ago
so I opened my laptop and answered some emails from a client. The following week I got a mild dressing down from my colleagues for working after-hours and I was told by my manager not to do it again.
That happened to me at my old non-tech job. By answering a client's emails, you train them to expect you to be on call, which hurts the whole team.
- jacques_chester 12y agoYep. And we were trying to encourage the client to let their developers go home too. I've been handing out free kool-aid samples pretty much since that first project.