Company forces employees to work from the office full-time, leading employees to stop replying to messages after hours despite manager's demands: ‘You get exactly what you ask for'

How much time would you say you spend on work even after you leave the office for the day? 

While we would probably love to say we spend absolutely no time working or even thinking about work while we are off the clock, we all know that's a huge lie. Work follows us home whether we like it or not. We do, however, get the chance to contain it. Work shouldn't take up your time after you leave the office, and if you stay determined, you can keep it to a minimum and enjoy your free time as freely as you can.

Take the employee in the story below as an example. After working from home full-time, her company decided to bring the employees back to the office. That resulted in the company losing the privilege it got from having employees work from home, such as availability throughout the entire day. As soon as the employees were forced into a regular schedule from the office, they refused to spend any time they were not there on anything related to work.

When the boss confronted this employee for refusing to reply to Slack messages after hours, she made sure to tell him who was at fault for that.

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