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[quote=Anonymous]5 does not seem unreasonable to me. If they hired you and you are at a non-entry level position (i.e., harder to replace) than they value you and leaving at 5 shouldn't be that big of a deal, especially if you have a way to check in later as most of the world does in the age of mobile phones and the fact that almost every white collar professional has a computer and an internet connection at home.

Honestly, if they have a problem with it that would be a huge red flag for me. I worked at a face time place for years and it got so bad I just started having to bend the rules. They wanted me, after I had worked there for years to start leaving at 6 - with my commute I needed to leave at 5:30 to respect our nanny's hours - and my husband covered morning before the nanny came in so not fair to ask him. I said, "I'm sorry, but I have to continue to leave at 5:30. As always I will check in on my phone on the metro and be available later if anything comes up." Of course we aren't saving lives here people, nothing hardly ever came up but when it did I was available.

You know what? Nothing happened. They dealt with it, and when 10 months later I got a new job at a much more flexible place, they offered me a raise and significant promotion to stay -and a more flexible schedule! I left, and a year later, they came back and offered me 40% over what I left the year before again with the flex schedule since they knew that was the main reason I left. I didn't come back! But taught me a lesson: companies will try to get away with whatever they can and I think if it's reasonable to push back, you should. I'm not saying become an asshole, but I don't think needing to leave at 5 is excessive.[/quote]

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