Do you consider leaving work at 7pm “working late”

[Anonymous]

Or normal? Would you expect to receive notice from your spouse if they were staying at work until 7pm?

[Anonymous]

Late

[Anonymous]

Late. Yes should let me know.

[Anonymous]

heck yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Or normal? Would you expect to receive notice from your spouse if they were staying at work until 7pm?

I consider it late, but it depends on whether it's normal for them. Sounds like it is, since you found it worthy of a call.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or normal? Would you expect to receive notice from your spouse if they were staying at work until 7pm?

I consider it late, but it depends on whether it's normal for them. Sounds like it is, since you found it worthy of a call.

I mean, sounds like it's unusually late for them.

[Anonymous]

Depends on their usual schedule. She usually leaves between 5:30 and 6, so yes. But if she usually left between 6:15 and 6:45, they 7 wouldn't be late.

[Anonymous]

Yes . That’s late. Yes, I expect my spouse to advise if they’re working late.

Uh oh … Tell us more OP.

[Anonymous]

It comes down to what is the person's regular schedule. For me staying until seven is working late. But then I start work at 8 AM. There's no way I'm staying until seven. I have another coworker who schedules coming to work to avoid rush-hour traffic and she gets into the office around 10 AM. She regularly works until seven.

[Anonymous]

Yes, that's real late.

[Anonymous]

Only if your spouse usually comes home at 5. It depends on what normal is. If he works until 6:30 daily then no 7 is not late but if he is home by 5 then yes 7 is late

[Anonymous]

I strictly leave at 5 every day so working until 7pm would be very late for me.

[Anonymous]

When kids were young, yes.

Now, with a 16 year old at home, not really. I will ask if he's headed home soon or if he'll be home for dinner if I am making something special or at all laborious, but other than that, no. I work full time (often from home), FWIW.

[Anonymous]

No it's not late for me it's my usual schedule.
Late is subjective.
However I think if you're going to be beyond your scheduled time home it's courteous to give your spouse a heads up

[Anonymous]

I occasionally work until 7 (or later). When I do, I reach out to my DH so he knows to take care of dinner for the kids.