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'I don't expect replies' followed by 'you don't seem very responsive' in a review. Pick one.
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Verdicts are the opinions of people who voted here, based on one side's account. The majority is not always right.
My contract says 9 to 5.30. My manager added the team to a WhatsApp group 'for quick things' and now sends messages there most evenings, sometimes as late as 10 or 11pm, often asking for things 'first thing tomorrow'.
I've stopped replying after work hours and deal with messages at 9am. My manager mentioned in my one-to-one that I 'don't seem very responsive' and that others reply in the evening. I'm not paid for evening work and I'm not on call.
My manager says they don't expect replies at night, they just send messages when they think of them so they don't forget. They say the comment in the one-to-one was about general communication, not specifically evenings.
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Part of Work. Submitted 37 days ago. Verdicts show what the people who voted here think, based on one side's account. The majority is not necessarily right, and nobody in this case should be identifiable. If you recognise yourself or someone else, please tell us.
10,220 jurors
Both and Neither votes are left out.
Judge this case : Who's wrong: me for eating fish at my desk, or my colleague for complaining to our manager?
7,382 jurors
Both and Neither votes are left out.
Judge this case : I refused to cover my colleague's shifts for the third weekend in a row. Selfish?
6,574 jurors
Both and Neither votes are left out.
Judge this case : My new starter wears headphones all day. Am I wrong to ask him to take them off?
'I don't expect replies' followed by 'you don't seem very responsive' in a review. Pick one.
Scheduled send exists. Your manager can think of it at 10pm and send it at 9am.
This is the answer. Suggest it as a 'tip' in your next one to one.
Keep a note of every message time. If this ever affects your review you'll want it.
They probably aren't a monster, just badly organised. But the one to one comment crosses the line.