Added new job responsibilities that include staying up until 3am

[Anonymous]

I'm salaried but I earn comp time (PTO) if directed to join meetings after US business hours. You could ask for that.
But personally I just wouldn't want to do it, and would say no.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of things unneeded and not managed well. No one else wants to do this, so unless you can pawn it off on someone else…you are likely SOL.

[Anonymous]

Frankly, I would quit over this.

[Anonymous]

When you speak with your boss, you need to use the word “unreasonable,” as it, “It’s unreasonable to expect me to work 19 hours across 25 hours across two days.”

[Anonymous]

So you want to tell your boss at your new job that you add no value and refuse to do work your predecessor did?

Because TWO nights out of an entire THIRTY days you have to stay up late. Are you working from home when this happens?

An F10 company is the big leaves, I think late nights go with the territory for many roles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you want to tell your boss at your new job that you add no value and refuse to do work your predecessor did?

Because TWO nights out of an entire THIRTY days you have to stay up late. Are you working from home when this happens?

An F10 company is the big leaves, I think late nights go with the territory for many roles.

*leagues

[Anonymous]

I am confused are you staying up till 3 am or just jumping online for a few minutes at 3am?

I used to have something at 4 am once a month. I had laptop on kitchen I just go on line in PJs for 30 minutes and back to bed.

Is it like that?

[Anonymous]

This is an unreasonable request for twice a month, especially if it was not previously part of her job responsibilities or something that had been previously noted as a potential expectation of her role. Working 8 pm -3 pm and 8 am -5:30 or 6 pm back to back is not a reasonable expectation if your job was previously normal US business hours.

They need to compensate her for this change, allow her to take the next day off (w/o PTO use), or find someone in the right time zone.

Unless she makes a stink about it, they won't care.

However, I would not lead the discussion with "I add no value", but should note that you don't know what the protocol or escalation process would be if something should go wrong since this was not a project that you previously oversaw and it seems like a project manager on-site with the team who is involved with the development would be better positioned to address issues if they arise. Clearly even if you did have to do this overnight call, someone needs to share some more information with you about what they are actually looking for you to do (e.g. are they looking for you to make the go/no go decision if the update isn't right? versus actually direct any technical changes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you want to tell your boss at your new job that you add no value and refuse to do work your predecessor did?

Because TWO nights out of an entire THIRTY days you have to stay up late. Are you working from home when this happens?

An F10 company is the big leaves, I think late nights go with the territory for many roles.

I agree with this. My bigger concern in this scenario is that they’re replacing someone with tech experience with you. What do you add, and what problem could you solve? It seems to me that they expect you to be responsible for something more than starting the zoom call, even if that’s how it’s framed. That would be my concern.

I know many people in tech who have to work odd hours because teams are across the world. Not great to spring it on you, but I think that goes with the territory if your total number of hours don’t increase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you want to tell your boss at your new job that you add no value and refuse to do work your predecessor did?

Because TWO nights out of an entire THIRTY days you have to stay up late. Are you working from home when this happens?

An F10 company is the big leaves, I think late nights go with the territory for many roles.

I agree with this. My bigger concern in this scenario is that they’re replacing someone with tech experience with you. What do you add, and what problem could you solve? It seems to me that they expect you to be responsible for something more than starting the zoom call, even if that’s how it’s framed. That would be my concern.

I know many people in tech who have to work odd hours because teams are across the world. Not great to spring it on you, but I think that goes with the territory if your total number of hours don’t increase.

I missed that OP has worked for company for 11 years.

Have you really kept a 40 hour work week and no late nights at an F10 all that time? These are companies like Apple, Amazon, Walmart, Alohabet, etc. most pay really really well but expectations are high. Aren’t you making like $500k?