Manager contacts employee at 2 AM demanding they cover next day's shift, employee ignores the message and sleeps in: ‘Sorry, I'm enjoying my day off’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Sep 30, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

Many people recommend that when you take a day off work, you should also take a day off your phone. Not because it is better for your mental health, but because that way, no one from work can actually reach you and start asking you for favors.

This might sound extreme, but if I have a quiet Friday night at home, I usually completely turn off my phone and sometimes I don't turn it back on until midday on Saturday. Not only do I enjoy being completely present with my friends and family, but I also don't want people who shouldn't be contacting me to try and reach me. I don't even want to be aware of their existence when I shouldn't have to be.

The employee in this Reddit story was contacted by their manager at 2 AM the night before their day off. In the message their manager sent, they demand they come in to work the next day or else they'll be fired. Even though the employee did reply to the text, they decided to simply not go to the shift…

Scroll down to read the full tale. After you are done, click here for a story of an employee who was contacted by their former employee for a weird request.

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