Would you ever tell your boss that?
Ha I do that too.PoohAh97 said:
One of my coworkers has a Google Phone number he hands out as his "personal" number, so he can just ignore it if necessary.
hedge said:
Would you ever tell your boss that?
AliasMan02 said:
I've snapped at the kids more than once because I just didn't have any patience left in the tank. I try, though.
I spent 10 years on call for a pack of entitled children, and it was like stepping out of a cloud when I was finally out of there. I can't imagine having held that level of stress for that long with a family of my own. Never again, and I'm making sure my future son gets a damn degree in something valuable, and then act like it's valuable.BeastmodeAg said:
Found a job were I'm not on call 24/7 and cannot put work applications on my personal phone. So when the laptop shuts the day is over until tomorrow or Monday. Couldn't do that before this job. Tough adjustment but feels great now.
PrincessButtercup said:
I'm just learning how to do this now that I have a child. I didn't at all before because political media is pretty 24/7. But I'm going to just consulting hours now.
713nervy said:
I'd much rather hide in the gray areas of muddier determinants of success. Way more bullsh/t accepted and I'd be able to get away with a lot more slacking.
BenFiasco14 said:
In other words, what do you do to keep the stress from your job from influencing and harming your personal life?
Serious and GB answers welcome.
713nervy said:BenFiasco14 said:
In other words, what do you do to keep the stress from your job from influencing and harming your personal life?
Serious and GB answers welcome.
To answer this seriously, I quit. After many years of overachieving on unreasonable goals with nearly none of my requests for additional resources being met, I finally decided that my life was more than my resume. Unfortunately this was after I had already sacrificed the well-being of my physical health, my marriage and my mental stability.
I have one phone. If I'm not at work, I don't check work emails and the phone rings and it's not personal, I don't answer it.Duncan Idaho said:
Single biggest thing I did was get a personal cell phone that no one from works knows and isn't connected to my company email.
My company issued phone never leaves my home office unless I am traveling for work.
When I walk out of my home office I am done for the day/weekend
this is whats importantbagger05 said:
pr0n
bagger05 said:
I think the whole conversation about work/life balance sets up a weird set of expectations.
Work is a part of your life like family, friends, hobbies, service, church, pr0n, etc.
Any of these aspects can be out of balance and cause a bunch of hassle and bull####.
Work/life balance seems like less common of a problem than terrible choices/life balance or toxic personal relationships/life balance.
bagger05 said:
Be less of a b and stop snapping at my nieces.
My wife has been a teacher and counselor for 15 years in both TX and CO at 3-4 different schools. No school has ever required an immediate response to parents. 24 hours is standard. And she has never, not once received a phone call, because putting her personal cell phone on her email sig would be just dumb. Parents/students call her office phone, and leave a voicemail if it's after hours.wangus12 said:
Where do you teach? My wife had to answer calls and emails all the time after hours (parents would immediately complain if no response and school would support them) + grade + coaching morning and night. So glad she's done with career