When you're off, has your job ever called you to work after you've worked overtime? If so, what was your response?

[DreamLife7]

I'm sorry I made arrangements assuming I'd be off today

Sure, I can work

Didn't answer

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I'm tired so I literally told my job I had made arrangements already. They called me an hour ago asking if I can work tomorrow morning. Heck I've been looking forward to this Thursday and Friday off. I've been covering their shortage like crazy

[Flatmanlewis]

Happens routinely, which is to say several times a year. We’re on call and it’s part of the deal but also, sometimes, at the end of a shift they realize there are staffing issues on the next shift and they need people to hold over. I will always volunteer, even if I don’t want to. I’m also a team leader though and it’s wrong to expect others to do such things if I don’t also. It’s more about basic leadership than the OT or staffing.

[exitseven]

My boss called me in the middle of a snowstorm. The collegecwas closed but there was an emergency and he asked me to come in and help him. I ended up going in and we fixed everything in about two hours.

[exitseven]

thanks for the MHO😎

[IslaTheWitch]

it depends on the current situation. If I'm on on-call duty, I answer every call; I'm obliged to do it. If we launch something new, I answer every call because I feel responsible for the launch. I also answer every call if a newly onboarded person is on on-call duty because I feel responsible for my people.

I consciously plan my vacation out of those events so no one needs to call me :D

[DizzyDesii]

I always say I’m out of town and they should’ve told me ahead of time

[DreamLife7]

🤣😭. That's actually a good lie. I've always had this guilty conscience though like my job would catch me at a grocery store. I love my job though they treat me well and always offer me the best cases I'm just tired.

[DizzyDesii]

THey caught me a the movie theater and iust laughed cause they use the same lie

[DizzyDesii]

They caught me at the movie theater and they just laughed because they use the same excuse

[DryGermanGuy]

There is a famous anecdote about a Munich football player running into his coach in the same bordello. I would prefer the movie theater, for sure. :-D

[Anonymous]

Someone said in Esquire this week, your job should be delivering the work that's expected of you, however you get that done, not counting the minutes of your physical presence. That's why working from home worked so well during the virus, because people had to produce work, on their own, in whatever way worked best for them.

[sawno]

At first I accepted, until I noticed I was the first they called and they took offense if I refused. Ever since I learned to be unavailable in my private time.

[DreamLife7]

Being seen as the most reliable and their favorite worker can be a gift and a curse. They call you first all fhe time

[DreamLife7]

Yet you get first choice on great opportunities

[sawno]

Oh no, for the company I worked for that was reverse. I was to useful in the department i was in so they threw a bunch of roadblocks I could technically complete but they knew I had no time to ever complete. Learnt a lot working for them.

[DryGermanGuy]

Only when I volunteered for IT on-call duty, which I rarely do. But it's well payed, the surcharge is between 50% and 100%, depending on the time/day.

[NathanDavis]

yep... that's pretty much the job of a manager

no days off...

[Wsx2wsx2ws]

While not working myself to death I do love the extra pay.

[Astarlessnightsky]

Depending wether i made plans or not, i can help out or not

[MikeTheBartender]

Back in the day, I always would go in when they asked if I wasn't traveling, nowadays I would tell anyone to fuck off.

[laly520]

if they want me to work overtime then they gotta pay me more

if not then I won't pick up phone during my day off

[SoJust]

No, I haven't experienced anything like this. If I had experienced something like this one day, I would have cut that boss's throat.

[nawtee_me]

I was once ask to work longer so someone else could go home after putting in 16 hours already. I said no and was fired for refusing to work. What an ass….

[douride2]

Sorry I can't come in as I have been drinking alcohol.

[Staximus]

I don't answer on my days off or tell them I can't do it.

[AngryCarl]

I've never turned down overtime but I'm not called on to do it regularly.

[JonesT10Apr]

really very hard thing... after work just wanna lay in bed minimum 20 to 30 minutes

[Anonymous]

I always say yes but i am trying to get that cash otherwise i’d just say no

[BobbieBoy666]

If there offering more over time yes. 💗

[matchrestore]

Sorry, I don't have childcare lined up.

[TommyMountainFigure]

That can't happen to me. I'm self employed!

[Redstang88]

Yeah. Bring it on, love the OT

[strateguy632]

1st,

[eagle1951]

they did told them nope