Dear Boss, these are my work hours that YOU set for me please remember them.
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Lunch time.
I usually leave the office during lunch except for lunch meetings and lazy days like today. But when I stay in, everyone knows not to talk to me. Everyone except for the boss and boss' wife. Everyone knows that when I'm facing the monitor I DO NOT hear you and I DON'T WANT to hear you. It's my lunch break DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT WORK!
AND DO NOT CALL ME AFTER WORK!!! I don't care to hear about what a great job I did today and we're going to do so much better tomorrow. Don't call me to remind me to come in 30min earlier and leave 1 hour later. I don't even want to waste my time hearing your messages that We're rockin' !! It's friggin 8pm!!! tell me that tomorrow! DURING WORK.
arrr.....
7 comments:
yikes! I feel your pain, girl! That sucks! You just have to let it go to VM and NOT call back. And then mention (sarcastically) the next day that you don't want to talk to 'em after your work hours. That was the only way it worked for me. yikes - that sucks.
I try, but I don't have all their numbers in my cell so sometimes I pick up by accident. ack!
I think it's just their cell and home.
or, if you do pick up their call, say "oh - it's you. I'm kinda buisy, talk to me tomorrow". hee hee - I dare you!
boy are you lucky you dont work in high tech like everyone else or I think you'd shoot yourself. working more than 8 hours is normal, working through lunch is normal, taking calls outside work hours including all hours of the night is normal, and you get to spend many of your weekends emailing via Blackberry, doing paper work, or on business travel to some shitty location like Houston. I got out of it (for a life of poverty in academia) but consider your work hours relatively slack.
It's not so much the hours that I'm complaining about. I understand my hours are comparaitvely slack , but I also understand my salary is reflectively low. SO!!! while I'm on low income wages, Keep to my business hours. He shouldn't be calling me outside of work when he's paying me Starbucks wages. Espeically when it's about useless shit and when I don't like him.
The real solution is to change work.
But the more realistic solution (since you haven't changed work yet) is to simply store those incoming CallerID numbers into your phonebook so you can recognize it better next time, and then never pick up. That will solve your after-hours issue.
For lunch, bring a pair of headphones and something to connect them to (like, oh, an iPod). Or hell, leave them dangling into your pocket, connected to nothing -- they won't know. Earphones in someone's ear are a pretty clear indication that no conversation should take place -- at least no meaningful or lengthy conversations -- and that any attempt to start one is likely interrupting enjoyment that was previously in progress.
I work in Asia for a European company, and hours are strict here but not lengthy like the average Taiwanese slavedriven. But hell, we certainly don't get those European holidays aplenty -- feels like they get every other day off for some bank holiday / festival / traditional day off / i-just-feel-like-it celebration.
i agree w/ van. your hours are nothing compared to techie hours, but if you're in the techie job long enough, you'll find ways of getting around those kind of situations.
for example, if they call you @ 8pm or later, simply don't pick up the phone. if by accident you picked up the call, and realized it's your boss or co-worker, just simply hang up. if they ask you who answered your phone the night before, just tell 'em that it must've been your friends who were in the living room playing w/ your cel. My excuse is usually "My younger brothers had my phone in their car, and I was doing errands w/ my parents".
now if you're at work playing around the net during lunch, i would simply close my office door. that way, they know for sure that you don't want to be disturbed. if you don't have an office door, then i would simply put my food right in the middle of your desk. that's an indication that you're on lunch. i also like the idea of wearing your headphones even if you're not listening to any music. My favorite one is to print out a 81/2"x11" sign that says LUNCH BREAK, tape it where everyone can see it, and if ever someone talks to you, just point out to the sign. hth. -- CB
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