"How hard is it to look at your email?"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why listing what you did over the weekend is relevant to the situation of a colleague calling about what they thought was an important situation. Why not just say you had not checked email but can respond Monday? Or even, take 5 minutes to respond now? It is not like you were called into work or in the middle of an important event.

It's like you didn't read the post. OP doesn't want clients clawing their way into his off hours and personal life. And I applaud him for that. You kids today are so stupid that you essentially have been brain washed into thinking "It's just an email!" It's just a phone call!" "It's just a couple hours on a Sunday!"



My employer will never own me. But, you do you.

Holy F. OP works in Facility Management and maybe the facilities she manages are open on the weekends. It is her job to be available as she said herself.

So at 2am?
11pm?
5am?
7pm?
9pm?

When does my life start and work ends?

OP already said that she isn't on call this weekend - her coworker that called was and was being paid for it. OP osnt being paid for being on call this weekend.

Unless OP is getting paid hourly, these things come with territory. Do you not work PP?

DP and I’m entirely with you on this. If you’re not hourly, then the work simply needs to get done.

It’s an email. It doesn’t take a lot of time.

Wow you think a salaried position should work all and any hours including weekends? WTF.

Peeking at email on your phone? Sure.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why listing what you did over the weekend is relevant to the situation of a colleague calling about what they thought was an important situation. Why not just say you had not checked email but can respond Monday? Or even, take 5 minutes to respond now? It is not like you were called into work or in the middle of an important event.

It's like you didn't read the post. OP doesn't want clients clawing their way into his off hours and personal life. And I applaud him for that. You kids today are so stupid that you essentially have been brain washed into thinking "It's just an email!" It's just a phone call!" "It's just a couple hours on a Sunday!"



My employer will never own me. But, you do you.

Holy F. OP works in Facility Management and maybe the facilities she manages are open on the weekends. It is her job to be available as she said herself.

So at 2am?
11pm?
5am?
7pm?
9pm?

When does my life start and work ends?

OP already said that she isn't on call this weekend - her coworker that called was and was being paid for it. OP osnt being paid for being on call this weekend.

Unless OP is getting paid hourly, these things come with territory. Do you not work PP?

DP and I’m entirely with you on this. If you’re not hourly, then the work simply needs to get done.

It’s an email. It doesn’t take a lot of time.

Wow you think a salaried position should work all and any hours including weekends? WTF.

Peeking at email on your phone? Sure.

So at 2am?
11pm?
5am?
7pm?
9pm?

When does my life start and work ends?

[Anonymous]

Some of you are missing the point. It’s OPs job to be available in case of emergencies during weekend. This is the responsibility of the job they chose. While this one instance was not an emergency, they should be monitoring communication in case there is one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some of you are missing the point. It’s OPs job to be available in case of emergencies during weekend. This is the responsibility of the job they chose. While this one instance was not an emergency, they should be monitoring communication in case there is one.

Nope. That is the job of the person holding the emergency phone. Emergencies are not relayed via email.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you are missing the point. It’s OPs job to be available in case of emergencies during weekend. This is the responsibility of the job they chose. While this one instance was not an emergency, they should be monitoring communication in case there is one.

Nope. That is the job of the person holding the emergency phone. Emergencies are not relayed via email.

Ah. Back home from work OP? Did HR laugh in your face?

[Anonymous]

lol at these bootlickers saying you should have been checking email

They are the reason work culture in America SUCKS

You did nothing wrong OP and your colleague needs to get a life.

[Anonymous]

Weird preamble, OP

Get on with it already

She probably called you because you wander around musing about god knows what at work and she thinks you're metaphorically out to lunch

[Anonymous]

Screen your calls next time OP. Make them leave a message or text, and only reply if it’s urgent. That is all you need to do. They’ll stop calling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some of you are missing the point. It’s OPs job to be available in case of emergencies during weekend. This is the responsibility of the job they chose. While this one instance was not an emergency, they should be monitoring communication in case there is one.

Nope. That is the job of the person holding the emergency phone. Emergencies are not relayed via email.

You don't know that.

[Anonymous]

Suppose OP had seen the email. It really wasn't an emergency, only in the other employee's mind because a client wanted a fast answer on a Saturday regarding Wednesday.
I would have ignored it. Then when hysterical employee called told her it wasn't an emergency and why couldn't she deal with it herself (given she has no boundaries) by telling client they would hear Monday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why listing what you did over the weekend is relevant to the situation of a colleague calling about what they thought was an important situation. Why not just say you had not checked email but can respond Monday? Or even, take 5 minutes to respond now? It is not like you were called into work or in the middle of an important event.

It's like you didn't read the post. OP doesn't want clients clawing their way into his off hours and personal life. And I applaud him for that. You kids today are so stupid that you essentially have been brain washed into thinking "It's just an email!" It's just a phone call!" "It's just a couple hours on a Sunday!"



My employer will never own me. But, you do you.

Holy F. OP works in Facility Management and maybe the facilities she manages are open on the weekends. It is her job to be available as she said herself.

OP already said that she isn't on call this weekend - her coworker that called was and was being paid for it. OP osnt being paid for being on call this weekend.

Unless OP is getting paid hourly, these things come with territory. Do you not work PP?

DP and I’m entirely with you on this. If you’re not hourly, then the work simply needs to get done.

It’s an email. It doesn’t take a lot of time.

Wow you think a salaried position should work all and any hours including weekends? WTF.

I’m the PP and a teacher. Go check out any thread on DCUM about grading. You’ll see posters berating teachers: “This is the job you picked. Get it done.” “Your work is done when the grades are done, no matter how long that takes.” “Why does it take so long to respond to my email? You had two snow days!”

So, as a salaried employee, I’m expected to get work done no matter how long it takes. So it’s reasonable to assume that’s true for other professionals.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why listing what you did over the weekend is relevant to the situation of a colleague calling about what they thought was an important situation. Why not just say you had not checked email but can respond Monday? Or even, take 5 minutes to respond now? It is not like you were called into work or in the middle of an important event.

It's like you didn't read the post. OP doesn't want clients clawing their way into his off hours and personal life. And I applaud him for that. You kids today are so stupid that you essentially have been brain washed into thinking "It's just an email!" It's just a phone call!" "It's just a couple hours on a Sunday!"



My employer will never own me. But, you do you.

Holy F. OP works in Facility Management and maybe the facilities she manages are open on the weekends. It is her job to be available as she said herself.

OP already said that she isn't on call this weekend - her coworker that called was and was being paid for it. OP osnt being paid for being on call this weekend.

Unless OP is getting paid hourly, these things come with territory. Do you not work PP?

DP and I’m entirely with you on this. If you’re not hourly, then the work simply needs to get done.

It’s an email. It doesn’t take a lot of time.

Wow you think a salaried position should work all and any hours including weekends? WTF.

Peeking at email on your phone? Sure.

Ummm my work email does not have anything to do with my personal phone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why listing what you did over the weekend is relevant to the situation of a colleague calling about what they thought was an important situation. Why not just say you had not checked email but can respond Monday? Or even, take 5 minutes to respond now? It is not like you were called into work or in the middle of an important event.

It's like you didn't read the post. OP doesn't want clients clawing their way into his off hours and personal life. And I applaud him for that. You kids today are so stupid that you essentially have been brain washed into thinking "It's just an email!" It's just a phone call!" "It's just a couple hours on a Sunday!"



My employer will never own me. But, you do you.

Holy F. OP works in Facility Management and maybe the facilities she manages are open on the weekends. It is her job to be available as she said herself.

OP already said that she isn't on call this weekend - her coworker that called was and was being paid for it. OP osnt being paid for being on call this weekend.

Unless OP is getting paid hourly, these things come with territory. Do you not work PP?

DP and I’m entirely with you on this. If you’re not hourly, then the work simply needs to get done.

It’s an email. It doesn’t take a lot of time.

Wow you think a salaried position should work all and any hours including weekends? WTF.

I’m the PP and a teacher. Go check out any thread on DCUM about grading. You’ll see posters berating teachers: “This is the job you picked. Get it done.” “Your work is done when the grades are done, no matter how long that takes.” “Why does it take so long to respond to my email? You had two snow days!”

So, as a salaried employee, I’m expected to get work done no matter how long it takes. So it’s reasonable to assume that’s true for other professionals.

Only if its outlined in the contract as part of your duties. It doesn't expand to all professional jobs. My job receives international requests at 2am in the morning. Its part of my duties to move these requests along, but not at 2 am. The grading is on you to complete which is why I assume you have timelines for when it can be turned in yes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am not sure why listing what you did over the weekend is relevant to the situation of a colleague calling about what they thought was an important situation. Why not just say you had not checked email but can respond Monday? Or even, take 5 minutes to respond now? It is not like you were called into work or in the middle of an important event.

It's like you didn't read the post. OP doesn't want clients clawing their way into his off hours and personal life. And I applaud him for that. You kids today are so stupid that you essentially have been brain washed into thinking "It's just an email!" It's just a phone call!" "It's just a couple hours on a Sunday!"



My employer will never own me. But, you do you.

Holy F. OP works in Facility Management and maybe the facilities she manages are open on the weekends. It is her job to be available as she said herself.

OP already said that she isn't on call this weekend - her coworker that called was and was being paid for it. OP osnt being paid for being on call this weekend.

Unless OP is getting paid hourly, these things come with territory. Do you not work PP?

DP and I’m entirely with you on this. If you’re not hourly, then the work simply needs to get done.

It’s an email. It doesn’t take a lot of time.

Wow you think a salaried position should work all and any hours including weekends? WTF.

I’m the PP and a teacher. Go check out any thread on DCUM about grading. You’ll see posters berating teachers: “This is the job you picked. Get it done.” “Your work is done when the grades are done, no matter how long that takes.” “Why does it take so long to respond to my email? You had two snow days!”

So, as a salaried employee, I’m expected to get work done no matter how long it takes. So it’s reasonable to assume that’s true for other professionals.

Working after hours to meet deadlines is not the same as being on call 24:7.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some of you are missing the point. It’s OPs job to be available in case of emergencies during weekend. This is the responsibility of the job they chose. While this one instance was not an emergency, they should be monitoring communication in case there is one.

Nope. That is the job of the person holding the emergency phone. Emergencies are not relayed via email.

Ah. Back home from work OP? Did HR laugh in your face?

Not OP and Jeff is free to verify. Continue believing that all the different people stating 'emergencies are not relayed by email' are one person. All of us are laughing at you.