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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell her to keep her phone turned OFF before she starts her shift and keep it off until her shift is over. Maybe if she gets a break she can check her phone during the break, but then she should be sure to turn it off.

She should apologize to the manager and explain her plan for how she will act going forward. Tell her you expect her to work it out and keep her job. [/quote]

This.

One of the worst disagreement I had with a direct report was when she had a text-related remote breakup with a boyfriend during the workday.  This was a woman in her late 40s and a guy she met on OLD.  She told me she needed to leave work because she was too upset.  I was hangry so I told her it was ridiculous for her to be acting this way at work.  I stand by that although I could have been nicer at the moment.

If there is idle time at work, she needs to ask her manager if there are additional tasks to be done.  Or just rest.

If you want to talk to anyone beyond your DD, tell the boyfriend to learn some respect for your DD and her job.[/quote]
You’re a b*[/quote]

NP. I disagree. If the employee was too upset by a personal problem to stay at work then she should have told PP she was feeling ill and needed to leave. What she should not have done was burden her boss with tales of her love life, like a lovesick teenager. [/quote]

PP.  Maybe I was a b.  Maybe a grown middle-aged woman shouldn't be texting a casual boyfriend back and forth during the workday to the point of having a breakup fight.  You get paid to do a job, not conduct your social life during work hours.

Btw, I'm still in touch with this lady occasionally on a friendly basis even though she got let go by a bigger boss about 10 years ago.  She couldn't keep focused on the job...which was a simple, non-public facing documents management job.  She had mental health issues, received accommodations for them, and still couldn't pull it together.  Like coming to work on time regularly.  Maybe the job was boring but it paid okay and had health benefits and the larger group of colleagues were pretty nice.

So back to the point. Boundaries are helpful in my opinion.  I was raised with the norm that you didn't call family and friends at work unless it was critical.  The smartphone era has made everyone very sloppy about blending personal and work time.  Partly because work time now can completely invade personal time.  However, I still think interpersonal private relationship discussions are inappropriate to have during work hours when your employer has tasks you can be doing.  [/quote]

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