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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t understand the panic over receiving an email in off hours.  It’s inherently asynchronous communication.  You’re expected to respond when you’re available.  [/quote]

Op here. No, it’s not clear. We are not supposed to send emails outside normal hours (with unwritten rule about an hour or so before work and an hour or so after- basically 8 to 7:30 is fair game) so an email at midnight implies urgency. Understand now? [/quote]

If it was urgent, it wouldn’t have been sent as an email.  [/quote]

Op here- not accurate. I cant think of the last time anyone spoke on a phone at my company, other than once or twice with a 70 year old consultant we work on with some projects. [/quote]

Doesn’t change the fact that most people don’t use email for urgent items.  They’ll ping you on Teams or Slack.  Maybe they send an email to fully explain the situation, but they’ll ping you on Teams to let you know there’s an urgent issue that needs your attention.  Sorry, but it’s not my job to manage your workday.  [/quote]

Why would I be on Teams at night? Huh? The issue is off hours communications for non urgent issues, however they are made. You should be able to manage YOUR workday so you don't have to send emails at night, and if you do, it should be a. because they are important or b. put them on a delay. Easy to do. I work at night all the time, but I know better than to have stuff go out at 3AM. First, it looks douchey and sort of pathetic (am I trying to look like a really hard worker?? that look is really dated), especially if its a non urgent matter. [/quote]

You get alerts from emails after hours but not Teams? [/quote]

People at my co don't use Teams chat after hours, and I don't monitor it, but I suppose I would see a message pop up. I don't use Slack with these particular business people, its a company rule that we can't cross these particular workflows on Slack. I get tons of alerts throughout the evening from various work related apps (my co work style is probably closer to the gen Z person above, but not quite as connected) and I know what to ignore from most of those apps. (oh, i just got an alert that this piece of the project is routing to the next person, that sort of thing). That's why these local email messages often throw me for a loop and require me to open them up and consider them... to be honest, I think its just [b]mid level nerdy tech guys[/b] who want to feel important and like they 'have to work long hours'. 
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Many tech people start late and work late, that is very common.

I think your disdain for the “tech guys” (do they get paid more than you?) is part of the issue?

I mean who calls someone nerdy in 2025?[/quote]

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