'Manager acts like I’m on call 24/7': Office worker files HR complaint after manager crosses boundaries, after repeatedly calling and emailing employee outside of working hours, then threatening to fire him for ignoring his calls

If Dolly Parton were to write another song about working hours in 2025, we think she'd fall off her songwriting stool. We all know working 9-5 is just a term used to make a contract 'sound pretty'. If this employee had to collaborate on a song, he'd probably name it something like: Working 24/7, 7 days a week ft. my boss doesn't understand boundaries...Something along those lines. But Dolly would have to obviously approve. 

This employee is fed up, after being contacted by his boss during Friday night family dinners, Sunday lunches, and practically any other hour he feels the need to do so. The thing is, it's not even like it's urgent…He just has zero respect for his boundaries and life outside of the workplace. To the point that this employee is forced to contact HR, after his manager threatens his job through a voicenote, following his refusal to answer any more of his calls on the weekend…

It's all takin' and no givin'.

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