Agreed 100%. In my experience, barring servers falling over, everything can wait until tomorrow (or Monday). If you send me an email at 5:15pm, then you can rea

Agreed 100%. In my experience, barring servers falling over, everything can wait until tomorrow (or Monday). If you send me an email at 5:15pm, then you can reasonably expect a response tomorrow morning before noon. If you give me a task on Friday afternoon, you can reasonably expect me to begin it on Monday morning. If you set an unreasonable deadline, that's not my problem. (And if you make it my problem, this is no longer particularly a place I want to work.) Now, to be fair to employers, it occasionally makes more sense to do something on a weekend or late at night, such as a deploy that involves downtime or some other critical factor, but it should not be required. As a manager in these kinds of scenarios, I ask for volunteers or I do it myself. I've never actually had to do it myself. Someone always volunteers to keep me company. But the point is that it's not required. If your boss tells you to work late, or your coworkers shame you into working late or weekends, run the other way. If you enjoy working long hours and giving up your weekends, knock yourself out. But don't do it just because someone else can't manage a project. (And, of course, if you decide to push back on this, do so respectfully, firmly, logically, and with full confidence that your time is valuable -- especially time with family and friends.)