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   Man of Sand (sand@mindly.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 07:03:45 JST Man of Sand

   Left the office at 5pm. Someone sent me an email at 5:10pm for a project they wanted completed for 9am tomorrow morning.

   I was already in my car and on the road when the small came in.

   What would you do? Ignore the email and start work on the project at 9am when you check back in? Or get it done tonight, outside of office hours?

   Helps to know that after 4+ years of working from home, they forced me back into the office, 9-5am with no flexibility.

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     Lee from Colorado (colo_lee@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 07:35:33 JST Lee from Colorado

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     @sand I don't think there's a universal answer to this: it all depends on your relationship to your job and what you're getting out of this work.
     Your last para certainly suggests that your current answer is: no, i'll get to that email tomorrow morning.

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     Man of Sand (sand@mindly.social)'s status on Thursday, 12-Sep-2024 07:39:31 JST Man of Sand

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     • Lee from Colorado

     @colo_lee thanks for the thoughtful response!

     I’m so torn. Having no work boundaries only rewarded me with more work. But if I leave this until tomorrow morning, it’ll just add to tomorrow’s workload. I don’t know.

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     Man of Sand (sand@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 02:12:33 JST Man of Sand

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     • ai

     @biped808 LOL thank you for the double-post response! I ended up not working last night. I had a social function to attend and couldn't do it. I started on it in the morning and submitted a proof. Only they took 2hrs to approve it. So for what seemed like something they needed 9am today, they didn't get back to me until lunch - glad I didn't bother last night!

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     ai (biped808@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 02:12:34 JST ai

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     @sand This is hard. By now you probably made your choice, but I think it probably depends on a variety of factors. Like, how long/hard it would be to complete and who this person is and what it’s for. But in some ways explaining you had already left for the day and need more advance time in the future might help get people accustomed to asking earlier in the day and not relying on you to do things so last-minute. 1/

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     ai (biped808@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Sep-2024 02:12:34 JST ai

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     @sand But that’s hard. I don’t think they should expect you to work overnight all the time since you have family obligations and need some downtime when you go home. I imagine commuting and getting dressed to go into the office also adds to your workday now, so, it may be good to set boundaries. Now I’m curious to keep scrolling and find out what you did! 2/2