How many of you work after hours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, constantly. In my line of work (academia), there's absolutely no divide between "work hours" and "non-work hours." Evenings, weekends, holidays are all fair game.

But you also don't really have a 9-5, do you?

Oh, I work 9-5, too. Most days, I start with meetings at 7:30, am in meetings/teaching through about 5:30/6, take a short break for dinner/exercise, and am back at work by about 8:30/9PM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s no way I can do any deep work during the work day due to back to back meetings. The only solution seems to be to work over time an after hours. Do others do this?

I am trying to move away from this, actually. I have three kids between 2-7 and I need to mentally reset after they are finally in bed and then I just can’t force myself to do deep work. Sometimes I can, but autopilot type tasks require a much lower threshold to get going. I’m trying to block out mornings for deep work, since that’s the best time for focus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s no way I can do any deep work during the work day due to back to back meetings. The only solution seems to be to work over time an after hours. Do others do this?

I used to all the time. But now that we aren't allowed to telework, I don't do any deep work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used to work after hours all the time. I teleworked three days a week and would attend to emails and respond to calls before and after my official work day started. I’m a fed and now that I’m back in the office with no telework I leave my work at work. I repurposed my home office and don’t bring my computer home anymore. I don’t get nearly as much work done at the office but it’s what my leadership wants.

+1. Once I realized that this administration doesn't want us to meet deadlines or complete any work, I decided to give them what they wanted.