re: Boss emailing at all hours of the night

I don't pick up my work phone on the weekends. Screw that!

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I don't pick up my work phone on the weekends. Screw that!

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I get this more than what OP is saying. He's saying he doesn't respond to it ever, even once the week starts, because it wasn't "sent while [he] was sitting in front of his PC"..

Wouldn't it be funny if his boss posted here and knows exactly who the OP is. Reminds me of the story's about people who write stupid stuff on social media and gets fired for it.

I don't expect people to respond to my e-mails on weekends, but by 12 PM, on Monday, I might start to wonder. On day 2 if the work week, why is it unreasonable to ask if you got my e-mail.

I havnt worked in a extremely long time, but that's just common since to me, and not only that but common and professional courtesy.

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So you received so many work related emails over the weekend that your boss's email got swept away? Did you respond to any of the other hundreds of work emails you were sent Saturday and Sunday?

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It was actually something he needed right then or at at the earliest available opportunity post-12:30 AM. When I woke up, all I saw in my notifications was the daily spam quarantine which I receive a lot on weekends for some reason.

People aren't typically sending time sensitive emails on Saturdays, so I'd consider it an exception more than the rule.

Personally, I think it's really pathetic sending me work related correspondence after midnight, but if you really need me and for whatever reason I don't respond Just call my cell phone and talk.

Tell your boss that if he contacted you through your assistant maybe you’d answer him

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They are absolutely missed if you're not making a habit on Monday morning to double and triple check emails from Saturday and Sunday.

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Why wouldn't you make this a habit? I, at least, check mine once on Saturday and Sunday and clear out the garbage, so I have less to deal with Monday morning. I receive and send business related emails on weekends quite often.

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I'm making the argument that you shouldn't send important correspondence after business hours and especially not when you're supposed to be sleeping because there is a pretty high likelihood that they'll get overlooked.

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It's email for crying out loud. The beauty of that is you can check them at any time. I don't know why they would be overlooked simply because of the time sent. Either you look at your email or you don't. I check mine the same way every day, so I don't miss anything regardless of the time sent. And, I may suddenly remember something I need to send to an employee on a weekend or late at night, so I do it. I expect the employees to read them regardless of when I sent them. It's not that hard to check all of your emails from the last time you looked at them to the time you are currently looking at them.

You wouldn't last long as my employee with your arguments. You don't tell a boss when s/he can send you emails because it's not convenient to you to scroll through them to find any which were not sent during the work day hours.

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The time of day that emails come in doesn’t matter at all. Just check your email, they aren’t going anywhere.

If you’re paid a salary and have a company phone the expectation is that you reasonably respond. Don’t respond at 12:30, but do by 10am at least.

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I bill out every hour I work. If I get emails at 12:30 am on the weekend, you better believe I am getting paid for it. If they dont want me to bill for it I wont respond until the office opens again.

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You wouldn't last long as my employee with your arguments. You don't tell a boss when s/he can send you emails because it's not convenient to you to scroll through them to find any which were not sent during the work day hours.

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Your project budgets must be huge for your employees to be on the clock so often. I take it youre not in the consulting world.

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If I sent you a work email on a Saturday night I would definitely expect a response at some point on Sunday. If not then you and i would have a meeting first thing Monday morning to discuss your commitment to my company.

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I'm assuming that you've made it clear to said employee that as a condition of employment they are expected to be actively monitoring emails and responding on the weekends. If you haven't, Monday by 10am should be the expectation.

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If something important is changed after hours that needs a response before the next workday begins, my routine is to email and require a response. If I don't receive a response then I'll call them.

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Even this is lazy, and to be used as a last resort (don't have phone # etc). If it is a business emergency, afterhours, then a phone call and direct text messages are required. Sending an email afterhours and expecting instant action should be cause for termination due to incompetence.