Weekends are sacred, so this employee drew a hard line in the sand with their micromanaging boss after getting pestered on her off days.
Have you ever dreamed about work? Taking your work home with you–even in the corners of your subconscious–feels like such a violation because your billable hours are no longer respected. You're not being paid to have stress dreams about your job, boss, or most tedious clients. However, when you have a micromanaging boss who doesn't understand the importance of unplugging from the workplace, it's hard to cut ties with your work life. This disruption to your work/life balance can cause any employee to think twice about their employment. However, instead of running for the hills, the worker in this next story took matters into their own hands, turning the tables on their boss after getting inundated on the weekends by trivial work questions.
Keep scrolling to read how a few silly, well-timed phone calls secured uninterrupted weekends for this employee for 2 years to come.
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