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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you handle them?

It is extremely rare that I look at email on the weekend. If there is an emergency, someone will call. I don't work in an emergency world, anyway, and there has been one weekend call in the 9 years I've been with my employer.

However, I logged in this morning (Sunday) to look at my calendar to see if my wife and I could switch who was taking the dogs to the vet.  While logged in, I saw an email sent yesterday (Saturday) to my whole team asking f we could move the weekly meeting (always unproductive and a time waster) from Tuesday at 8:30 to Monday afternoon at 2pm. No explanation given for the move and there were no other emails pointing to a problem. Boss just wanted it moved probably so he could vote easier, if I had to guess.

I ignored it.

My manager has texted me and the team 3 times in the last 2 hours. Only about half have responded. You know, because they are out lving their lives.

Well, my manager just texted me point blank "Chris, will this work?" presumably because I didn't answer her previous texts.

Absent an explanation why this is needed and why it couldn't have just been an announcemnet tomorrow morning, along with a quick "I'm sorry to bug you on the weekend, but..." I will not be answering her.

But I really would like to tell her to get a life

Anyway- consider this a PSA to not be a loser manager.[/quote]

Are you salaried?  If so, you’re an ass not to respond and I’d put you on the figurative sh!+ list. I never contact my team on the weekend unless it’s necessary. When it’s necessary I usually do it without explanation- because I’m announcing something major and I want everyone there at the same time.  Perhaps it’s a layoff round - now you’re on my sh!+ list.[/quote]

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